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The Lonely Polygamist: A Novel - Community Reviews back

by Brady Udall
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My books... rated it 12 years ago
Delightful book about a repugnant sub-culture. Upon reflection, 3.5 stars.
List Lover
List Lover rated it 12 years ago
James Joyce still lives on. This book was not fun to read even though it had a GREAT title. Books are supposed to be enjoyable. I'm not going to read books for some other pretentious reason.
Reading Between Classes
Reading Between Classes rated it 13 years ago
Ghoul Interrupted is another solid addition to a great series. M.J. continues to be tough AND smart (a rare combination in many modern fantasy novels) Heath continues to be sweet and dreamy and Gil continues to be a complete and utter wuss (all the while injecting hilarity). And finally, after sen...
Eccentric Musings (jakaEM)
Eccentric Musings (jakaEM) rated it 14 years ago
Slightly grudgingly, just 'coz I hate bandwagons - literary and otherwise - I'll say that this book deserved all the hype it received. Here are five things it did well that so many books crash and burn trying to do:No. 5: It surprised me - overall (I don't know what I was expecting of a book about...
carey
carey rated it 14 years ago
Astonishing original writer. Who would ever think that I would feel immense sympathy for a polygamous man and his four wives. Wonderful story of an immensely dysfunctional family that had me gripped to the end. It would have been a five except that it could have been that bit shorter.
Electablue
Electablue rated it 14 years ago
I really enjoyed reading it. Even though a lot of the material was very heavy, it also had plenty of laugh out loud funny parts. I really didn't want it to end.
Books and the Readers who read them
Books and the Readers who read them rated it 14 years ago
This box asks me what I think... well. I think I don't understand the 4 and 5 star ratings of this book. I liked the story itself. It seemed to be full, however, of winding stories and retrospection, which provides us with back story. I guess I'll have to think further about the characters and devel...
mkunruh
mkunruh rated it 14 years ago
OMG is this a great read.
Titles are so hard to come up with...
I found myself chuckling throughout most of the book! It was full of so many unexpected little twists and turns that I was never sure exactly where things were going...totally fun. The chewing gum incident just about killed me.
florinda3rs
florinda3rs rated it 14 years ago
I've read books about polygamy before - both fiction and nonfiction - and I continue to find it a fascinating subject. Brady Udall's novel The Lonely Polygamist takes a perspective on polygamy that I haven't encountered before, though; that of the husband to multiple wives. And in a family with thr...
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