I Know This Much Is True

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Summary: A powerful saga, well worth the time invested
Review: A beautiful, mammoth work. Emotionally powerful novel. Extremely moving.

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Summary: Awesome!!!Wonderful!!!!
Review: This is the best book I've read in a long time...doesn't seem like a 900 page book!! I'm recommending it to everyone!!!

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Summary: Immensely satisfying
Review: The only novel I've read this year that can match The Triumph and the Glory.

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Summary: I tried I honestly tried...
Review: I just couldn't get through it. Not one to ever put down a book even if it has lost me the first 15 pages in, I had to give up on this one. Perhaps I am at a time in my life when dark and dreary and down right depressing just isn't what I am looking for. But I promise I will try again, just at a different point in time when I can tackle the horrific imagary Lamb conjures up and get by the social realities I sometimes perfer not to be reminded of.

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Summary: Too much ground is covered, so there is a lack of depth.
Review: Unlike Lamb's first book, She's Come Undone, this novel tries too hard to deal with too many calamaties. The protaganist, Dominick, faces more trauma in a few years than some cities do in decades. Mental illness, depression, death, divorce, murder...enough is enough. Disjointed and unorganized, there are some interesting chapters, but not enough to make it a good book.

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Summary: Bravo! Bravo!
Review: Yes, Mr. Lamb, we want more! I love the way Wally Lamb writes. EXCELLENT

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Summary: A terrific summer read!!
Review: Although I was hesitant to undertake the challenge of "I know this much is true", since I did not really enjoy "She's come undone", I'm glad I did. The character of Dominick Birdsey is so real, as are all the supporting characters, 900 pages just melts away. A very insightful, poignant (but not depressing) wonderful book!

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Summary: A page turner - for 900 pages. Riveting.
Review: No need to say more. Read the book

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Summary: Truly the best book I have ever read
Review: I have read I know this much is true twice so far and I am sure there will be a third. I identified with Dominick in so many ways, the book was a paralel to my life. We never had the same things happen to us, but they were so similar it's unbelieveable. I praise Wally Lamb for his accuracy of fact, and his ability to bring this wonderful character to life. Dominick has been instrumental to my life and one line has changed my life for the better. "Love grows from the rich loam of forgiveness." I can't wait to read his next masterpiece. Dolorice and Dominick are two of the best characters ever developed.

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Summary: Absolutely Amazing Modern Novel
Review: Wally Lamb completely captures the torn soul of Dominic Birdsey with utter perfection. By the end of the novel, I was crying, caught up in the complete catharsis of Dominic's self revelation. Do yourself a favor and read this book...Wally Lamb is going somewhere.