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A Road Not Taken - Community Reviews back

by Jennifer Thorne
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hippiedaizy
hippiedaizy rated it 11 years ago
This is SO my kind of book, or so I thought. I am a hippie ;) The thought of a eco-friendly home/community appeals to me so much. So much so that my husband and I (along with our 2 kids) are currently marking up plans for a passive solar home. Complete with a composting toilet, radiant heating f...
Mistral
Mistral rated it 12 years ago
4.5 stars
jules0623
jules0623 rated it 12 years ago
While I did enjoy this, I didn't feel anything like the level of emotion I should have felt given the subject matter. The characters were a little one-dimensional, and there was a huge gap in which everything was 'fixed' for Peter that we missed seeing.
Mandy, I read obsessively
Mandy, I read obsessively rated it 12 years ago
I'm between a 3.5-4.5* on this story.The end of the first chapter totally grabbed me by the throatJascha lives in a kind of commune and all the Eco housing and growing of their own food was pretty interesting, he also has a pretty cool background that we learn just enough about.Peter , poor Peter, h...
Stumbling Over Chaos
Stumbling Over Chaos rated it 12 years ago
3.5 stars. Good m/m romance about an eco-house builder who finds a depressed young man along the side of a road in a broken-down car, takes him home, and puts him to work. Things proceeded between them pretty fast - I think it would've worked better in a slightly longer format, with more time for th...
Feliz Faber
Feliz Faber rated it 13 years ago
4.75 starsFrom the first sentence onward, I felt drawn into the story. The setting in an eco-house building commune was unusual and fresh, and I learned a lot about eco-house building, hydrological cycles, and indoor farming without ever feeling hit over the head with facts. Not to mention the comm...
You Know Me As Lad
You Know Me As Lad rated it 13 years ago
A dreadlocked hippy?! I am all over this when it comes out.
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