Leaving Cold Sassy

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Summary: Darn Darn Darn
Review: I sure was left wanting more! I loved Cold Sassy Tree and this partial sequel for the same reason..the telling of the tale. Some books I could just read forever because the language, the style, the feeling is all "just right". This is one of those kind!

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Summary: I wish I could give two different ratings for this book
Review: I wish I could give this book two different ratings. As a sequel to "Cold Sassy Tree", it fails miserably. It is unevenly written, and the story just doesn't flow very well.

However, as a tribute to the author and the sensation she sparked with the original book, it succeeds magnificently. Instead of learning what happens next to Will Tweedy, we learn about the author. It is amazing to me that the author wrote the original text while fighting cancer. I can barely manage to write a quick email when I just have a small cold!

If you are really expecting a sequel to "Leaving Cold Sassy", you will be well-served to pass up this book. If, however, you are interested in the author behind the book, you will find a reasonably satisfying answer to that question.

Rating:
Summary: I wish I could give two different ratings for this book
Review: I wish I could give this book two different ratings. As a sequel to "Cold Sassy Tree", it fails miserably. It is unevenly written, and the story just doesn't flow very well.

However, as a tribute to the author and the sensation she sparked with the original book, it succeeds magnificently. Instead of learning what happens next to Will Tweedy, we learn about the author. It is amazing to me that the author wrote the original text while fighting cancer. I can barely manage to write a quick email when I just have a small cold!

If you are really expecting a sequel to "Leaving Cold Sassy", you will be well-served to pass up this book. If, however, you are interested in the author behind the book, you will find a reasonably satisfying answer to that question.

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Summary: A Touching Tribute
Review: Leaving Cold Sassy is a beauiful way to say goodbye to Cold Sassy as well as to its imaginative, artistic author, Olive Ann Burns. I realy enjoyed this unfinished sequel. But don't be disappointed when the book ends in the middle of everything, it really is beautiful.

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Summary: Five stars for courage and as a tribute to an author who is
Review: lost to us forever. Such a great loss to the literary world and to all of us whose lives were enriched by COLD SASSY TREE. I was shocked when the story came abuptly to an end because I realized that so did the life of this wonderful author. Sure, I knew it before I read it! But I still had to see what came next, even if it would be unfinished. I have my imagination and I think often of how the story would have ended if the author was still with us.

Anyone who has read Cold Sassy should read this unfinished sequel...it is enjoyable and fun to return to that familiar territory inhabited by all the charming, really REAL characters. In a strange way they had become my friends and how enjoyable to see them again. Their lives will always be a mystery now and they will always pay tribute to this courageous woman who stuggled to finish this novel for our enjoyment.These books sit in a place of honor on my bookshelf and you can be sure I will read them over and over.

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Summary: Leaving Cold Sassy
Review: Loved it and was very disappointed when it ended. The story about the life and death of the author was very uplifting as well as sad. What an entertaining writer and I couldn't put down Cold Sassy Tree or this half-finished sequel. Highly recommended if you enjoyed Cold Sassy Tree.

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Summary: Leaving Cold Sassy
Review: Those who have read the marvelous "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns will be sorely disappointed by this sequel. There is none of the charm and story telling mastery of the original novel in this pitiful book. It seems to be put together hastily and by people who did not care that it would bring shame to the original. Olive Ann was ailing when she wrote the few chapters of this sequel and it is almost as if a different person were writing it. It seems rushed and does a wonderful job of destroying the main characters that the original developed so beautifully. If you have read Cold Sassy Tree and are wondering whether or not to read this sequel, be warned, if you read it you would have a bad taste in your mouth and will feel cheated.
This book will take away from the warmth that you felt when you finished reading the fine book, Cold Sassy Tree.

Those who decided to go ahead and print these few chapters did Olive Ann Burns and her readers a disservice.

Rating:
Summary: Leaving Cold Sassy
Review: Those who have read the marvelous "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns will be sorely disappointed by this sequel. There is none of the charm and story telling mastery of the original novel in this pitiful book. It seems to be put together hastily and by people who did not care that it would bring shame to the original. Olive Ann was ailing when she wrote the few chapters of this sequel and it is almost as if a different person were writing it. It seems rushed and does a wonderful job of destroying the main characters that the original developed so beautifully. If you have read Cold Sassy Tree and are wondering whether or not to read this sequel, be warned, if you read it you would have a bad taste in your mouth and will feel cheated.
This book will take away from the warmth that you felt when you finished reading the fine book, Cold Sassy Tree.

Those who decided to go ahead and print these few chapters did Olive Ann Burns and her readers a disservice.