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Summary: People that don't love this book frighten me
Review: I am not one to "go with the flow" by any means; popular opinion has very little to do with my opinions, or so I would hope. However, the "9s" and "10s" on this list of customer reviews are, in my own opinion, quite deserved. And while I am touched by the story of Toole's tragic life, I am by no means influenced by it in coming to my opinion of how good the book is (although the story certainly enhances my pre-existent disgust with the publishing industry and almost all the pompous, self-important windbags I've ever met who work in it).Having said that, I must also say this: The people who have given this book a low "rating" scare the life out of me, in much the way that someone who continually quotes David Cassidy songs disturbs me. I am grateful, however, that in both cases, there aren't very many people who do, and most of them live in California, not New York.
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Summary: WHO COULD GIVE THIS BOOK A "1"?
Review: If you've read a funnier book, or if you've run across a character snottier than Ignatius, please e-mail me with the title! Hurry. . .I feel my valve snapping shut!
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Summary: Each chapter left me feeling a little more sick
Review: Each chapter left me feeling a little more sick to my stomach than the one before. What a waste of reading time.
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Summary: Good, but not fabulous.
Review: This is a book that I have reservations about recommending. The pacing was good, the humor was there (although I didn't laugh out loud as much as some people), the characters were interesting (if a bit one-dimensional), and the plot was sufficiently twisted and surprising. I think the main problem I had was with the dialogue. Ignatius's interactions with everyone in the book made me shiver at his horrible interpersonal skills. But then I guess that's the point. The whole thing seemed somewhat implausible to me. I think I'll re-read it in a few months to see what I missed the first time.
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Summary: El Mejor
Review: De lo que mas me impresiono de este libro es que empeze a leermelo casi de casualidad y página a página, me fui metiendo en el personaje hasta practicamente identificarme con el.
Ignacius J. Reilly es el Quijote del siglo XX
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Summary: The Great New Orleans Book
Review: This is one of my top three books of all time. If you are from New Orleans, as I am, you will laugh and know every character in this book. The ninth ward dialect lives and breathes in this book. Ignatius like the city he is from is eccentric, hilarious, sad, anachronistic, and totally, wonderfully one of a kind. If you don't like this book you've got no sense of philosophy not to mention theology or geography. Long live Ignatius!
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Summary: Terribly Funny
Review: By far, one of the funniest books I've ever read. Ignatius has a screwed-up viewpoint of the world or so it seems. The things he tried (the worker's rebellion, Sodomites for World Peace, among others) are incredibly and painfully funny. As a friend of mine who borrowed my copy said, "It gets out of control in the first page and gets worse and worse as it goes." The humor isn't for everyone and it is definitely _not_ politically correct (and was never meant to be). If you don't like irreverent humor, or you require warm-fuzzy's when you read a novel, don't bother. But if you like to read and laugh out loud, go for it.
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Summary: Ignatius Is a One Off
Review: A very funny and humane book. As an evocation of New Orleans it is unsurpassed and it introduces us to one of fiction's great one-offs, Ignatius J. Reilly. Where else in American fiction does a hero proclaim the only true form of government is the devine right of kings?
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Summary: Fantastic ! Exhilarating !
Review: One of my bedside books. If you are in bad moods, just read a few lines...it's better than Prozac ! I read it in spanish (good translation) and in french (awful translation !) but it's always great !
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Summary: One of my WORST reads!!
Review: Perhaps its me, pehaps not. That notwithstanding, I found the characters to be two dimensional not the least bit likeable. I had to 'slugg' my way thru this book on the hopes it would just get better, and the ending was perhaps the most dissapointing of all!! I wouldnt recomend it to anybody...
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