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by M.T. Anderson
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Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 13 years ago
My state legislators have spent the past session ignoring the compelling problems such as unemployment, foreclosures, steep funding cuts to schools, and lack of access to health care, issues that make lives difficult every day. Instead they addressed the non-problem of domestic unions. An amendment ...
fincalian
fincalian rated it 13 years ago
This was a really intriguing book. I really enjoyed it, even though it wasn't what I expected.
Cat's Bookshelf
Cat's Bookshelf rated it 13 years ago
This was a really intriguing book. I really enjoyed it, even though it wasn't what I expected.
snoylna
snoylna rated it 13 years ago
One of the greatest. Simply, one of the greatest. My feelings for this book (I view it as a two-volume novel, as Anderson intended) render me almost speechless.
Bashara Likes Books
Bashara Likes Books rated it 13 years ago
When we meet young Octavian at the beginning of the novel we find he and his mother living a privileged life at the shadowy Novanglian College of Lucidity. He is dressed in silks, schooled in the classics, and is an accomplished violinist. What is unusual about this arrangement is that Octavian is...
Elena Likes Books
Elena Likes Books rated it 14 years ago
This was my second go at this novel, having given up after 50 pages on my first try because I found the voice distancing and the pacing incredibly slow.I still found the voice distancing and the pacing incredibly slow, but I think the book's good points outweigh the bad. Viewing the American Revolut...
The Deckled Edge
The Deckled Edge rated it 14 years ago
This one had a lot of good buzz, but ultimately it fell a bit flat for me. It's well written, but I had trouble caring about anything and the story seemed to have little point. It doesn't help that the narration of the character's life changes halfway through.
Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud
Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud rated it 15 years ago
I am always up for history, especially if it's presented from an unusual viewpoint or in a fresh manner. I thought this would be a fairly conventional and thus mildly tedious slave-comes-of-age, resists-tyranny thing. But there was that raver...surely someone who bothers to come to LT won't be that ...
Between The Bookends
Between The Bookends rated it 16 years ago
This was just OK for me!
Peace, Love & Books
Peace, Love & Books rated it 16 years ago
Read it a second time so it would be fresh for when I read the sequel. Anderson is brilliant.
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