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Contrived, full of cliches

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2 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-30-16

Unimaginative hero worship of the American lone worrier type. Not a single original thought and founded entirely in the fantasy of a gun loving, violence adoring misfit. Waste of time for anyone with half a brain.

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Unexpected

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2 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
Story
1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-19-13

After a lot of hype I expected better. Then again taste does play a major role here. For me the repetitive dialogs and pseudo intellectual story line does very little.

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Very good, yet not Courtenay's best

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-30-12

Having read almost all of Bryce Courtenay's book, I have always been moved by how easily he blends attention to historical detail with a seemingly natural ability to tell a fascinating story. In this Sylvia is no different from any of his other novels and Edwina Wren does a great job, even though Humphry Bower is impossible to top. The story is well told, the charachters are brought to life in typical Courtnay fashion, yet somehow in its entirety the story lacks the luster of his Australia novels. Still, Sylvia is a great book, educational as well as entertaining.

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Possibly one of the best listens ever

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-11-11

The combination of an incredible narrator and a gifted writer is what makes this audio book truly remarkable. Courtenay takes you on journey spanning 3 generations - the most difficult and yet exciting of the last century, and he does it with a no nonsense style I can appreciate so much.

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