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Summary: Read & Savor
Review: Don't skim this book. Enjoy the story while you appreciate how carefully the author choses his words.
Rating:
Summary: Read & Savor
Review: Don't skim this book. Enjoy the story while you appreciate how carefully the author choses his words.
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Summary: ASTONISHING BOOK
Review: I can't believe how beautifully this author writes. I originally picked up this book because I am interested in journalism and writing, but didn't realize that Rinker Buck would deal so truthfully with so many honest issues of young adult life. I would recommend this book not only for readers interested in the first job experience but great writing.
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Summary: First Chapter
Review: I sat down to read Rinker Buck's new book "First Job" the other night and was so impressed with the writing in the first chapter that I realized unless I had the time to sit down and read the whole book I was doing to be a) very frustrated because I didn't have time to continue read it and 2) very behind in other work because I wouldn't be able to put the book down. I also hear that there is a lot of S-E-X in the book, so I certainly don't want to miss any of that. I am what you call a "voracious" reader. I love to read and I love to read great writing, but I simply refuse to skim through, across or around it and not do it the justice it deserves. That's why I'm saving First Job for next week when I have a luxurious few hours on an airplane to read, then a few hours before my next job starts (long story, but trust me)...My review so far is that this is going to be pretty close to being a masterpiece. I might even go back and read Mr. Buck's last book, "Flight of Passage." I might have missed a paragraph or two and even more gems of writing. GREAT BOOK MR. BUCK and I hope you will indulge me when I post a "real" review.
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Summary: [Book] Written for Cash
Review: I thought the book lacked content. In well written memoirs a reader searches for a certain down to earth quality. This book rings a false note. The sexual passages seemed as if they were designed to inflate the author's ego rather than provide insight. It seemed written to imply the author was a piece of meat in a lion cage...
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Summary: Skip the sex scenes
Review: I've read Rinker Buck's articles in the newspaper and was interested in this book because of the setting which is my neck of the woods. I had been alerted about the sex scenes. Wonderful descriptions of the landscape and the people around here, but the details of his affairs spoiled it. Do we really need to read about these? I skipped past them. The best part may be the interview with John Wayne in Stockbridge. Description of the Red Lion Inn is on the mark, too. Have been to the bar in the basement and it was an interesting place.
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Summary: Skip the sex scenes
Review: I've read Rinker Buck's articles in the newspaper and was interested in this book because of the setting which is my neck of the woods. I had been alerted about the sex scenes. Wonderful descriptions of the landscape and the people around here, but the details of his affairs spoiled it. Do we really need to read about these? I skipped past them. The best part may be the interview with John Wayne in Stockbridge. Description of the Red Lion Inn is on the mark, too. Have been to the bar in the basement and it was an interesting place.
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Summary: Laugh out loud fun!
Review: Rinker Buck has captured all the excitement, innocence, pluck, and wide-eyed enthusiasm in "First Job." I can't imagine anyone coming of age in the early 1970s who couldn't relate to his story. His ability in describing the lushness of the Berkshires is on a level with James Michener. Without the self-congratulatory sexual conquests, this could have been a near-perfect read. How much sexier the story could have been with just a hint of the romantic entanglements. Seems like an awful lot of explaining to do to the women in his family! That said, I'd still recommend this as a truly fun read. Way to go, Rinky!
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Summary: Laugh out loud fun!
Review: Rinker Buck has captured all the excitement, innocence, pluck, and wide-eyed enthusiasm in "First Job." I can't imagine anyone coming of age in the early 1970s who couldn't relate to his story. His ability in describing the lushness of the Berkshires is on a level with James Michener. Without the self-congratulatory sexual conquests, this could have been a near-perfect read. How much sexier the story could have been with just a hint of the romantic entanglements. Seems like an awful lot of explaining to do to the women in his family! That said, I'd still recommend this as a truly fun read. Way to go, Rinky!
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Summary: Well written pornography
Review: This book starts out REALLY well. I mean, this guy can write. It's too bad he had to be so explicit with so many sexual encounters. I would have given it five stars but for that. This book really would work well for a great X-rated movie that actually had an interesting plot.
(Also, I think he ****ed Comfort, too. He says he didn't, but I think that's because she either threatened to sue him if he told or he respected her a lot more than he did all the others. I think he [...]****ed her ****, and ****ed her *****, just like he said he did to all the others in such excruciating detail. [...]
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