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Summary: Niagara Falls all over again
Review: "Niagara.." starts a little slow but picks up about a third of the way through. If your interested in vaudeville, or a fan of famous comedy acts like Laurel and Hardy or the Three Stooges, then this is the book for you.
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Summary: Believable Story That Starts Out Slow, but Ends Well
Review: Although the first 80 pages or so seemed to drag on forever, the end result is worth it. The book started out slow, and just when I felt like putting it down, it hooked me. The protagonist, Mose Sharp, is a very believable character, who causes the reader to sympathize with the horrible details of his life, such as the many deaths of family members. His character does not seem to embellish any details of his life. He tells the reader, that he reveals secrets to us that he does not reveal to the other characters.The character of Rocky, Mose's counterpart, is more comical, and more charming than Mose himself. He adds much humor to the book. However, I would still only give the book two stars. A five star book would have captivated my attention from the get go.
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Summary: I Was Very Pleasantly Surprised
Review: I just loved this book about a comedy duo (from their meeting, to vaudeville, then the big screen). The novel is inventive, touching, and humorous.
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Summary: Niagra Falls All Over Again
Review: It's a slow read at first but nonetheless it is a moving tale about the relationship of two comedic partners from beginning to end and a before these two characters known as Rocky Carter and Mike Sharp first met. The experiences these two men go through individually, together, privately and/or publicly and seems to have more of a marital relationship than just a partnership is written clearly well but it is definitely not for the reader of traditional romance. If you're into the slap-stick comedies of black and white television before tv and movie's came in color and love the Three Stooges and the antics of Ollie and Stan, this is the book for you.
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Summary: Cute and entertaining.
Review: McCracken writes the story of the Great American Partnership, with its highs and lows, in an overall entertaining tale. But the book is somewhat unmoving: its funniest passages don't make one laugh out loud, and its saddest moments hardly make one weep. It would make a great beach book, as it presents a wonderful escape from one's own life; the characters are deep and draw the reader in. It's also a great book for anyone with an interest in vaudeville or early Hollywood.
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Summary: Cute and entertaining.
Review: McCracken writes the story of the Great American Partnership, with its highs and lows, in an overall entertaining tale. But the book is somewhat unmoving: its funniest passages don't make one laugh out loud, and its saddest moments hardly make one weep. It would make a great beach book, as it presents a wonderful escape from one's own life; the characters are deep and draw the reader in. It's also a great book for anyone with an interest in vaudeville or early Hollywood.
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Summary: The Show Must Go On
Review: Niagara Falls All Over Again is a book that brings old-time vaudeville to life again through the eyes and memory of elderly Mose (Mike) Sharp, who, in his prime, was one half of a famous comedy team - Carter and Sharp. With Mose as the straight man for funny-man Rocky Carter, the pair makes a successful transition from dying vaudeville to radio, the Hollywood screen, and, finally, television. Both men elicit the reader's affection, sympathy, even admiration, as their story involves us in their triumphs and heartbreak. We laugh, we cry, and sometimes we want to step into the pages of the book and give one of them a piece of heartfelt advice. Their partnership resembles a marriage, and like most marriages of that era (Rocky's being a notable exception), despite change, betrayal, guilt, and desertion, it endures - to be dissolved only by death. Mose and Rocky belong to each other in an unshakable way. Mose talks about the pain of "phantom punch lines" when he and Rocky are apart. If at times author Elizabeth McCracken bogs down in detail, slowing the pace of the narrative, still the book will not let us go until the last page is turned.
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Summary: slow it done a notch, please.
Review: the book started off kind of sluggish quickly for me, it 'migrated back to interesting. While reading this novel, trying to pinpoint New England elements I found the read particulary flowing. The way the history is told, jumping back and forth from "Mose" memory bank went well with the novel. the characters were very believable which helped with the first person point of view. good- well -read-lots of information handed out.
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Summary: Read This Book Only If You're Trapped On a Desert Island
Review: The title explains it all. This book has a very slow pace with tons of extra "fluff" detail. The characters are quite likeable, but for me, that still didn't do much for the book overall. I'd say skip it unless a volleyball named Wilson is your only friend.
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Summary: A Semi Nice Book
Review: This book starts off slow, and I personally didn't like the pace. I couldn't really get into the book, but kept on reading because I had to finish it for a class. In the end it turned out to be a pretty good book involving a love story, but it took to long to get into.
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