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You have expressed so beautifully everything I felt but could not. Thank you. So enthralling.
Hi Daria, great review. I red the first sentence then set the book aside for a day, enjoying the anticipation. And I luxuriated in a 3-day read. I gave it 4 stars also: I thought the first half better than the second. But this is one of the best fiction books I've read in years (I hardly ever give 5 stars-that Anna Karenina/Atlas Shrugged territory).
Greg wrote: "Hi Daria, great review. I red the first sentence then set the book aside for a day, enjoying the anticipation. And I luxuriated in a 3-day read. I gave it 4 stars also: I thought the first half bet..."
I can`t give Atlas Shrugged even 1 star))
Great Pretender wrote: "Greg wrote: "Hi Daria, great review. I red the first sentence then set the book aside for a day, enjoying the anticipation. And I luxuriated in a 3-day read. I gave it 4 stars also: I thought the f..."
Yes, lots of people at both ends of the opinion scale of "Atlas Shrugged". But I recently read an article about it (in PBS's '100 Most Loved Books by Americans") and PBS gets it right about 'Atlas Shrugged": It's a syfy story set in a dystopian future (and it is), and today it would be marketed as a trilogy for Young Adult reading, cause that's what it is. The politics of the book are often criticized, but people forget the very first page on which the sections title appears: "The Theme" and on that first page a man gives a cold bum on the streets a dime (it's the 1950s) for a cup of coffee. And that's the theme: yes, true, one should profit from one's own inventions, but at the same time, one should ALWAYS be cognizant of those in need, and give appropriately if one feels she/he should. Or not. It's odd when people, for example, scream against socialism then use social programs all their lives. Or scream against facism yet support a single aspect of that, etc. Or are republicans and hate the ACA, but use it. Or are democrats and don't like something a republican says, just cause.
Lovely review. I read it slowly and savored it.
Excellent review. Definitely a book to be read more slowly, although that was hard once we get to the sections on Nice, which conveyed a noir-suspense vibe. Absolutely right in your assessment of time as the main theme of the book.
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Hi Daria, great review. I red the first sentence then set the book aside for a day, enjoying the anticipation. And I luxuriated in a 3-day read. I gave it 4 stars also: I thought the first half better than the second. But this is one of the best fiction books I've read in years (I hardly ever give 5 stars-that Anna Karenina/Atlas Shrugged territory).
Greg wrote: "Hi Daria, great review. I red the first sentence then set the book aside for a day, enjoying the anticipation. And I luxuriated in a 3-day read. I gave it 4 stars also: I thought the first half bet..."I can`t give Atlas Shrugged even 1 star))
Great Pretender wrote: "Greg wrote: "Hi Daria, great review. I red the first sentence then set the book aside for a day, enjoying the anticipation. And I luxuriated in a 3-day read. I gave it 4 stars also: I thought the f..."Yes, lots of people at both ends of the opinion scale of "Atlas Shrugged". But I recently read an article about it (in PBS's '100 Most Loved Books by Americans") and PBS gets it right about 'Atlas Shrugged": It's a syfy story set in a dystopian future (and it is), and today it would be marketed as a trilogy for Young Adult reading, cause that's what it is. The politics of the book are often criticized, but people forget the very first page on which the sections title appears: "The Theme" and on that first page a man gives a cold bum on the streets a dime (it's the 1950s) for a cup of coffee. And that's the theme: yes, true, one should profit from one's own inventions, but at the same time, one should ALWAYS be cognizant of those in need, and give appropriately if one feels she/he should. Or not. It's odd when people, for example, scream against socialism then use social programs all their lives. Or scream against facism yet support a single aspect of that, etc. Or are republicans and hate the ACA, but use it. Or are democrats and don't like something a republican says, just cause.
Lovely review. I read it slowly and savored it.
Excellent review. Definitely a book to be read more slowly, although that was hard once we get to the sections on Nice, which conveyed a noir-suspense vibe. Absolutely right in your assessment of time as the main theme of the book.
