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Dick Francis is ALWAYS and consistently good, fun to read, good plot, good writing, sympathetic protagonists, interesting characters. Books you want to finish in one go. And no gruesome murders and sadistic psychopathic killers, a currrent trend that makes me rather sick.
Dick Francis is ALWAYS and consistently good, fun to read, good plot, good writing, sympathetic protagonists, interesting characters. Books you want to finish in one go. And no gruesome murders and sadistic psychopathic killers, a currrent trend that makes me rather sick.
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I liked this book, a nice an calm police procedural, up until the plot became clear. It was too silly for words. Stopped reading.
I liked this book, a nice an calm police procedural, up until the plot became clear. It was too silly for words. Stopped reading.
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I came late to this much praised book: a love story of teenagers dying from cancer. It strikes me as pretty true. Romanticized and over-adjectivized,and the kids seem too nice to their parents, yet the feelings feel truthful.
Anyway, I loved it. It is, I am told, very hard to write for teenagers. Green can do it. I know I would have loved it back when I was 16.
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Reread in 2025, at the same time as my son, who has terminal cancer. For him, it is almost too confronting. He thinks the teenagers in the book are miniturized grownups. As a mom in this position, thus time, I like it. Everything is compressed an upwittied, to make it palatable. Still, that is how parents behave, these are the questions young cancer patients have.
I came late to this much praised book: a love story of teenagers dying from cancer. It strikes me as pretty true. Romanticized and over-adjectivized,and the kids seem too nice to their parents, yet the feelings feel truthful.
Anyway, I loved it. It is, I am told, very hard to write for teenagers. Green can do it. I know I would have loved it back when I was 16.
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Reread in 2025, at the same time as my son, who has terminal cancer. For him, it is almost too confronting. He thinks the teenagers in the book are miniturized grownups. As a mom in this position, thus time, I like it. Everything is compressed an upwittied, to make it palatable. Still, that is how parents behave, these are the questions young cancer patients have.
Good story. Long story. Listened to the audiobook, very well performed by Angus King. Stronger on action than on relationships.
Good story. Long story. Listened to the audiobook, very well performed by Angus King. Stronger on action than on relationships.
DNF. It dragged out too long.
DNF. It dragged out too long.
