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Summary: Great
Review: This is a great book I have memorised a lot of the sentences! Only people with a life,those who have lived in little towns or women who have had a very restricted life can really appreciate this. Not the same as the movie!!!
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Summary: I'm insulted. So is the rest of Iowa.
Review: In a writing workshop I attended, 'Waller' was synonymous with 'whore.' No one in Iowa who reads or has a brain will forgive him for this book. I just want to refute a couple of Waller's ideas.1. Iowa is heavily religious, and adultery is a sin. It would have been worse than murder in '65, and 'Francesca' would never have been forgiven. 2. In Iowa, people can write. Our schools are among the nation's best. The Writer's Workshops at the University of Iowa are world-renowned, just ask Vonnegut or Irving. Meredith Willson, from Mason City, wrote a musical, "The Music Man," that's still on Broadway. But Waller isn't from Iowa. He doesn't belong here. And damned if we'll let him speak for us again.
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Summary: This is a parody of itself
Review: There are a couple of other hilarious ones, including the Butches of Madison County and the Fridges of Madison county. The latter is my favorite
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Summary: The Bridges of Madison County
Review: I got through this book in 3 days.... The story is about two people who find true love. Set in the 1970's, Robert Kincaid is a photographer for National Geographic. He is doing a shoot in Madison County, Iowa, where he finds his true love. Together, over a period of only 4 days, they make all of each other they can. No other love story that I have ever read has been like this. The way the author writes it makes the book so good. The scenes collaborate with each other beautifully. The plot of this story kept me always wanting to want to know what was happening next. " He noticed all of her." (back cover) was the quote that I thought put all of his thoughts of her into one. Although this is a very good book, it is not for everyone. The love scenes are very graphic, and are not appropriate for children. This is a very good book, i would advise everyone to read it sometime. Somehow, the true love plot puts a whole new perspective on love. If you have been happily in love for a long time, consider yourself lucky,...
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Summary: Must Read
Review: This is a must read book. Whether you've been in love for years, are just falling in love, or are still waiting for that special person you have to read this book. If you've been in love for years this rekindles the passon, if you are falling in love this explains exactly how youre feeling and if you're still waiting this expresses everything one can hope for. Knowing that it's a true story is the sweetest part. Definately a Must Read
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Summary: A dusty heart to go along with the dust of a country road
Review: This is a book about true love. Francesca Johnson, an Iowa farm wife, falls in love with Robert Kincaid, a photographer for National Geographic. Neither of them mean for it to happen, but they fall in love for life. This is the first true love story I have ever read. It touched my heart and made me hope for a love like that someday. "I have one thing to say, one thing only; I'll never say it another time, to anyone, and I ask you to remember it: In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, and never again, no matter how may lifetimes you live." Being of the female gender, I think every women dreams of a man saying things like this to her someday. The idea of him being so certain that she is the one, really made me think. In today's society, with divorce and cheating, the idea of certainty of love really catches my attention. The fact that Robert knew she was his only true love and that he could never love anyone else really does make him an endangered species. Robert was one of the last "cowboys". I loved this book and could not put it down, but I feel that someone too young would not quite grasp the true meaning of the book.
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Summary: Terrible, I can't rate it low enough...
Review: This book is manipulative, predictable, sacharine, wildly overwrought emotional porn. Waller knows how to pull the heartstrings-to a point he's a genius at it, but hasn't the decency to use a feather's touch and let things happen gently. For the reader, "the Bridges" is a masochistic exercise of turning the other cheek to blow after blow from a blunt literary instrument. Waller is not content to let the reader slowly fall into the sadness of love cut short of its full tragectory. In the first few pages he completely delivers his bittersweet emotional package in prose as big as a billboard, then for the remainder of the book relentlessly sledgehammers the message in. Don't read it. Don't buy it. Don't waste your time.
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Summary: This puke ... er, book, will make you puke
Review: I can't believe that there are readers who spent so much time writing paragraphs and paragraphs telling how bad this book is. I'm not saying they're wrong. They're as right as I am writing this review, but are all those words worth this disgusting book.? I only read it because my ladylove liked it so much. I'll give you some reasons why this book is a load of horse manure. The author describes Robert Kincaid as a quiet, shy kind of guy. But boy, can that guy talk. He's one hell of a screwed up protagonist. The worst central character of any work of fiction ever written. That Francesca must have been one desperate woman to even think of having an affair with this self-centered, swollen-headed piece of turd. Compared to the book, the movie's a work of art. It's amazing how the scriptwriter for the movie could have produced a passably good story out of the horse manure that the book is. During an interview the author remained silent when he was asked who his choice of Robert Kincaid would be for the movie. He obviously wanted to be Kincaid. To be honest, he would have suited the role of the aging Francesca better. I cannot believe the man had the audacity to churn out six more pile of dung. The amazing this is, there are folks who read such crap. What's the world coming to!
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Summary: Moving, indeed.
Review: Actually, it's not simply that it's bad. Bad we can cope with. What's really, really horrific is the way people rave about it, as though it were the lost fifth Gospel. When I was "invited" by my Lady Fair to see the movie with her, I innoculated myself with a heartening tot or two (well, alright. Three.) of Bell's 8 year old. I survived the movie, but only just. I was a weakened, shambling shell of a man for a week or two afterwards, but no permanent harm was done. Then I was "asked" (once again by the Lady Fair)to read the book and report my thoughts. We are still together, but it was touch and go for a while. Imagine a block of super-concentrated caramel. It weighs, say, 8 ounces. Melt it gently in a pot, add three more pounds of sugar, and a healthy handful of saccharine. Allow to set, and call it "The Bridges of Madison County". Oh, the horror. The horror.
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Summary: Man this book is DOPE.
Review: I just finished scammin the pages of this book, and it was dope. The way that dude just strolled into that poor old house chick's life and they just hit it off and hooked up and stuff, man that was cooool. Those dudes who be dissin' this book is just insecure about themselves, cuz they used to goin behind they honey's back, and they just now realized she can get her swerve on just as good as they can. Now that i have finished this novel, you can bet i'm gonna be hittin some other books by this dude.
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