Gap Creek (Oprah book of the month)

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Summary: Oh Please....
Review: I bought the audio tape of this 'book' and I guess I'm glad I did, because if the book was anything like the tape - it was boring as hell! I would never have been able to finish reading the book unless I made a reservation at a sleep clinic! With all the books in all the world, if this is the best Oprah could do - ? I just tore up my membership card.

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Summary: inspiring but very simple
Review: This book is an entertaining quick read, but gets a little tiring as it is mentally very simple and the characters, with the exception of julie, are shallow. it does remind us how easy we have it. this is not a great book, and i do not think robert morgan is a "master writer" by a long shot..but i was compelled to finish it. i was so disappointed in the husband...the book would have been much more satisfying if the author had made him less of a wimp.

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Summary: Enjoyable and gripping
Review: Coming from the South (coastline), in an area that deals with floods and hurricaines, I related quite well with some of the hardships that Gap Creek had to deal with. I read this book in 2 days!

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Summary: Tragic circumtances: mundane closure
Review: Gap creek is an exausting tale of a North Carolina woman faced with death, death, and more death. Her hard ships seem to keep rolling with the death of her brother, father, and child. She faces flood, poverty, and hunger. This is not a story of triumph but rather a story of defeat. It does not successfully portray the strength of the main character but rather her subordinate behavior to a dominating husband, all the deaths, and hunger. She gives in. Then leaves. What a great motto. If the going gets rough; leave. Overall I found the story to be engaging but disapointing. I had high hopes for redemption but was terribly let down.

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Summary: An Appalachian Angela's Ashes
Review: Not since Angela's Ashes have I read a book with characters so strong and so courageous in the face of poverty and conditions that seem insurmountable. It is the kind of book that should make those of us alive today, with all of the luxuries and pleasures that we take for granted, look back at those who went before us with awe and profound respect. What a powerful story!

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Summary: Is that all?
Review: For all of the press that this novel has received I had built myself up for a good read. I began this book on a 4 hour flight and finished it before landing thinking "This is it?" Good story but underdeveloped and shallow. Ending left me wholly unsatisfied. A good read but nothing to write home about.

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Summary: Better to view as a whole than in individual parts
Review: I love the story this book tells. I do not believe that there is any one outstanding part, but rather that each part fitted together makes the whole oustanding. I highly recommend this book. Just a side note: I found that this book made me want to clean.

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Summary: GAP CREEK - A NOVEL
Review: I thought this was a good book. The main character is so strong, it amazed me how she dealt with all that life handed her.

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Summary: simple book
Review: This book is so basic, so simple and almost too predictable. Not challenging in the least bit. Oprah could pick have chosen a better book to recieve so much hype! Nice story, but lacking...

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Summary: Oprah - give me a break!
Review: Will probably make a decent "made for TV" movie, but was poorly written and far from literature. "He said, I said, she said, he said, I said" - where did this guy learn to write? This is the last Oprah recommendation I bit on. Oprah, you're loosing it.