Snow Angels : A Novel

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Summary: It grabbed me. I read it in one shot.
Review: I found the book on a table at a university library. The title interested me and I read the first couple of pages. I was hooked. At first, I was amused by the interests and high school life of the protagonist, Arthur Parkinson. I thought,"Hey, just like my high school." Then I began to appreciate the layering that experiences and events had on the individual character's perspective. I also like the meandering fashion the story had. Events take place linear, concurrently, overlapping and intersecting at the most interesting places, just as life happens. Take any small town tragedy and you'll find more twists and turns than you would have ever imagined. Mr. O'Nan's story took on the complexity of this situation and grounded it in Arthur, a character many people will identify with.

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Summary: Worth it's weight and its weight was heavy....
Review: Snow Angels was an unexpected and welcomed diversion, dense and thoughtful, heavy and sad, but always worth the read. Dismissing this book becauuse it packs a despairing wallop is wasteful; give yourself a little time to experience the saddness and you'll feel all the more human. Doesn't fall in my top ten, but maybe the top 25 of recent reads. A very worthwhile investment of time.

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Summary: a good read
Review: the characters and surrounding areas of this book most definetely kept me going. I found this a page turner, well written and was happy to find a new author whom I could enjoy