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Summary: A special book for the particular reader.....
Review: This book stunned me. The beginning is intriguing, and rather mysterious. Then the story begins to unfold the truth of what it is to be a real American...a coming of age story from a woman's perspective. Bobbie Mason reminds me of Margaret Atwood. And, like Margaret Atwood, she may not be everyone's cup of tea, but she writes in an almost shockingly true style about what it is to be an adolescent girl.Sam is seventeen, is sexually active, smokes pot with her uncle, and is a marathon runner. She is naive, but the book leaves clues that she has a good, clear mind. I liked the contrasts in her character, and her family's character. On the one hand, they eat junk food and watch M*A*S*H on television religiously, and yet, they attend college, they read books, and are respected members of their community. This is a healing book, humorous, real, and the end is stunning. I read the final pages with tears in my eyes. And then I realized that it was Veteran's Day. That was the perfect day to finish this perfect book.
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Summary: In Country Review
Review: This book was way too slow for my liking I'll tell you that right away. It also annoyed me how much detail she got into about the stupidest little things. Sam was so pariniod about everything in this book. It seemed as if every page she was worried Emmett had a new disease. That just basically ruined it and the book was in my opinion kinda of perverted. I don't think Tom's "problem" really had any signifigance in the story. No one cared how Lonnie and Tom played with Sam's breasts. I think it was perverted and just not nessary to put in.
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Summary: In Country - Good Subject, half-baked novel
Review: This novel took a good subject, good plotline, and good characters, and turned it into a lukewarm novel. Long, drawn out sequences strayed from the core of the novel, and made the reading tedious. The way the main character, Sam, acted made it hard to like her at all, which detracted from any enjoyment this novel may have provided at all. All in all, this novel could have been much better, had it been treated differently.
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Summary: A Literary Journey Beyond the Edge of Boredom
Review: This story of a girl from Kentucky and her Vietnam Vet Uncle
starts off slowly and then steadily bogs down. Every page is chock full of some of the most uninteresting and familiar everyday details that modern American life has to offer. Example: "Sam took an orange Popsicle out of the freezer compartment of the refrigerator. She broke it in two, then removed half from the paper and bit off the end. It was slightly mushy." I could write more interesting observations about my dog sleeping. If you want really test the limits of your ability to resist being bored to death, this is the perfect book for you.
I was proud that I was able to reach page 72 before giving up entirely.
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Summary: An excellent, entertaining work of literature
Review: With so many bad contemporary novels hitting the best seller lists these days reading In Country was a breath of fresh air. Mason creates well-rounded, unique characters. Sam and Emmett are unlike any other characters that I have ever read about. Furthermore, the plot is original and insightful. I always enjoy reading about a place that is diffeerent from my own environment. Mason captures what life in a small Southern town is really like. Furthermore, I really appreciate learning new things frm a book. I walked away from this novel feeling more informed about the Vietnam war. Overall, In Country is a wonderful reading experience. Mason is a phenomenal writer.
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