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A Praia do Destino - Anita Shreve, Simão Sampaio
A Praia do Destino
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3.00 5
Format: paperback
ISBN: 9789724139463 (9724139468)
Publisher: Edições Asa
Pages no: 414
Edition language: Portuguese
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2.0 Review - Fortune's Rocks, by Anita Shreve
Unfortunately I didn't enjoy at all this book. The writing was doll and the main character was just a pain. The placement of this book was great, the mental images of the beach and the village were very beautiful. But the book was way to long. It needed to end somewhere in the meddle of it. I...
misfitgeek
misfitgeek rated it
3.0 Fortune's Rocks: A Novel
The beginning was slow, a little difficult to get through. After that I couldn't put it down.
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Chelsea's Adventures in Book Blogging... rated it
2.0
As my two stars indicate, it was ok. Well-written, and the story was interesting enough to keep me reading... but just barely. I was frustrated with how Haskell and Olympia chose to deal with the shit hitting the fan, and I had a hard time getting over that, so that may be why I think it's only ok...
Loederkoningin
Loederkoningin rated it
I associate Anita Shreve's books - deservedly or not - with dowdy true story TV movies. However, turning down a present would be a bit too snobbish.I must admit that I really felt for Olympia, a girl struggling with the strict rules of her era, the 19th century (Shreve did a nice job researching and...
misfitandmom
misfitandmom rated it
I think I'm one of the ones in the minority here. I had a difficult time getting into the book at first -- perhaps if Olympia had been a couple of years older at least. A 40+ year old man and a 15 year old girl. Ew. That said, I just didn't see any real chemistry between the two, outside of the sexu...
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