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Summary: Amazing and intense
Review: This was an amazing book. It was one of those I couldn't put down, read until 4 in the morning, then picked it up as soon as I had spare time. I read it while cooking, making the bed, anything! It's a great story of ties that bind and unending family love.
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Summary: Wow is all I can say about this book.
Review: I had read She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb and finally decided to start this book. Even though this book looked huge to me I knew I had to read it. I love the charactors in the book. Dominick, Thomas and all the rest. At times this book could be a bit disturbing but overall the story flew right by. The parts that got me the most were when Dominick was reading from his grandfathers story of how he came to the USA. Some of the passages in the book had me. I cannot wait to read anything by Wally Lamb he is a wonderful author and only hope more comes out of him.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: I really hope that the length doesn't turn people away from this book. I've read quite a few books that have moved me, but this one is still with me months after reading it, and it is simply amazing.
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Summary: READ THIS BOOK!
Review: This book is one of the best books ever!!!!!!! I was truly upset when I finished this book...I wanted more! I could not get the characters or the story out of my head!
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Summary: THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN BY ANYONE!!!!!!!
Review: I have to say that I have read some other reviews and am most definitely appalled at what I've read. Anyone calling this book anything short of a masterpiece must,if you'll excuse me, have his f***ing head examined! I am an avid reader and while I've enjoyed many great books and one or two repulsive ones...this particular book literally changed my life. I am now an English major with emphasis on Literature and a great deal of that decision had to do with this book. Very few authors have the skill to create a story so captivating (especially one of this length). Wally Lamb is nothing short of brilliant and his ability to have a story within a story(This novel actually has two amazing stories running at once: Dominick's story/The dead grandfather's diary)is,in my opinion,unparalleled
If you have not read this book I suggest you buy it today. It may be the smartest book purchase you've ever made. If my word is not enough, let me just say that I have loaned this book out to five people who absolutely raved over it...one of these people was my 50 yr. old father who is a slave to the literary classics...If he loved it, I know I can't be wrong. With that being said, Enjoy the ride(there is no other like it)!!!
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Summary: I know there's too much here!
Review: Mental illness. Self-mutilation. Crib death. Suicide. Murder. Homosexual rape. Date rape. Drugs. Divorce. Child abuse. Child pornography. Cross-dressing. Racism. Adultery. Wife-beating. Incest. Voyeurism. AIDS. Amputation. Two near-fatal accidents. A hurricane. Wars, and rumours of wars. Out-of-wedlock births with a Mystery Father. Another murder. More suicide. Voices from the grave! The Evil Eye!! Monkey murder!!! You know, if you asked me, just about any of the 'heavies' in the list above would provide enough emotional wallop to drive a novel. But Wally Lamb certainly didn't ask me, and hence we have This Much I Know Is True, 900 pages of 'all of the above', and unfortunately even more. This rambling, grossly over-written blimp of a novel tracks the psychological development of Dominic Birdsey, whose identical twin brother Thomas is actively schizophrenic. Through nearly every possible emotional crisis, Dominic obsesses crankily about his origins and identity, his own mental health, and his feelings, feelings, feelings. Since this book has been so exhaustively lauded by so many, I'll limit my praise to Lamb's ear for dialogue, and his characterization. Both are good, and they're what make at least the book's first third or so quite readable. Allow me, however, to warn off anyone who's uninterested in 'therapeutic' wallowing. Hemingway this is not. I've never come across a book in which characters (especially men) spend more time crying, sobbing, wailing, sniffling and generally getting in touch with how sorry for themselves they feel. Lamb's fixation on emotions impoverishes his moral/philosophical vision, which is a serious failing in a book so self-consciously aimed at addressing 'meaning of life'-level questions. His characters talk 'forgiveness' until they're blue in the face, but in only the most narrow psycho-babbling sense of the word. In particular, Lamb studiously avoids (and hence rejects) the infinitely deeper Christian meaning of forgiveness. The 'Christians' in the story are hypocrites (or insane, like Thomas); the nineteenth-century priest who's the only sympathetic representative of the church acts more like a psychotherapist than a man of God. Instead, Lamb borrows bits from various eastern and native American myths and legends and cobbles them together into a shallow, corny little life-philosophy for Dominic to spout once he's enlightened. And enlightened he is, eventually, in an excruciatingly contrived ending that spreads smiles all around. ... I don't want to include any spoilers, so let it suffice to say that our narrator's main problem -- i.e. the fact that he's a straight white male who's the descendant of other straight white males -- is resolved in a nauseating display of politically-correct deus ex machina. Not recommended.
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Summary: I can not wait for his next book
Review: I have read both books by Wally Lamb and find his character development very real and personal. I strongly recomend his books for both men and women.
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Summary: In My Top Ten!
Review: This is a book you can't put down. It is the kind of book where you are still wondering about what is going to happen when you are supposed to be going on with your daily business. It is a terrific read, and if anyone has had a mentally ill member in their family, it will definately stick with you.
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Summary: A Harsh Reality
Review: When I first started reading this book I didn't truly understand it, I couldn't see what Dominick was trying to explain about his family, about his life. Yet, the novel catches you once you go through the first couple of chapters. I'd have to say my interest really was caught when Dominick began talking about his brother, Thomas, and how he was trying to take care of him while he was being held in Hatch, a mental hospital of a sort. Lamb was able to show such a bond between the two brothers, how Dominick cared, and tried to help Thomas, and yet at the same time, Thomas was caring for Dominick, and worrying about him too.
I found this book to be written well, yet, a bit confusing at some parts. It caught my attention, and had me thinking about it even while I wasn't reading. There are parts where I found myself lost, and couldn't understand what Lamb was talking about. For instance, he would jump back and forth between the present, his past as a child twin with Thomas, and from Dominick's grandfather's book. After a while though, I became used to it, and could catch the transitions easily. I became familiar with the different characters in each storyline, and was drawn in to see how each ended.
This book has content that is not of a fantasy life, but reality. It discusses rape, mental illnesses, child abuse, domestic abuse, and vulgarity. Yet, without all of these things this book would not be able to convey it's meaning. When added all together, this book takes the life of one man and shows it step by step, not skimping on the harsh realities, but rather giving more detail on them, so the reader is able to fully relate with Dominick. I would recommend this book to other readers, it's a good and quick read despite the many pages and the story itself is quite beautifully written and explained.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: First, let me just say that I loved "She's Come Undone." Wouldn't have changed a word. So, with great anticipation, I bought "I Know This Much Is True." Unfortunately, although the dialogue does ring true to life in this one as well, there's way too much of it. I kept thinking, "Where is Wally Lamb's editor?" Furthermore, I wonder what the deal is with all the italics. Everyone's dialogue includes frequent italics (not just one hysterical character), which annoyed me a great deal. I would like to be able to hear the dialogue in my head the way I want to hear it, and not have it forced on me. I must agree with other reviewers, who say that there is too much going on here. Too much in-depth analysis of too many characters with too many issues. The story is interesting, though, and I think it's worth reading. I just wish I had checked it out from the library instead of buying it.
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