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Summary: Boring
Review: Maybe this just isn't my kind of book, but I just didn't care for it at all. Boring and difficult to read.
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Summary: A Fallen Sequel
Review: Angela's Ashes made me read this and dissapointed. This is not a bad book but Angela's Ashes is too good a book. What can be interesting if this guy came to America and learnt to be another American.
I didn't get the same dose of euphoria I got after Angela's Ashes
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Summary: Do not expect another Angela's Ashes
Review: Tis takes up where Angela's Ashes left off, with wide-eyed young Irishman McCourt's arrival in America. The brogue is intact, the sense of wonder and amazement is intact, but a bit of the gloss has been rubbed off the genie's bottle in this sequel. Tis follows McCourt's progress through a series of jobs, chronicles his magical admission to NYU (without a high school transcript), and his the inauspicious beginning of his long and successful teaching career, as well as the ups and downs of romance and immigrant live in New York.
It's good, but it's not stellar.
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Summary: A hilarious yarn
Review: I enjoyed this book. Excellent writing style. Easy reading. A laugh every paragraph. An Irish yarn about experiences in life living as an adult-immigrant in the USA. Well worth reading, just for the fun of the book. The sort of book to take on holiday with you, or have by the bedside, to have an enjoyable easy read for a few hours.(This book is the second half of an autobiography - McCourt's experiences once he emigrates to the USA. "Angela's Ashes" was the first half of the pair, about McCourt's early years growing up in poverty in Ireland. Readers might like to read "Angela's Ashes" before reading "'Tis", although "'Tis" can easily be read as a stand-alone book without the reader needing to read "Angela's Ashes first of all" if the reader prefers).
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Summary: Rushed but Wonderful
Review: About 3/4 of this book is on par with Angela's Ashes, which is to say it is astoundingly compelling writing. I got the feeling McCourt was rushed for a deadline or something by the publishing company, which is why the end kind of peters out on you.
Regardless, I liked this book a lot, and it is quite good in its own right. Especially the pie scene, at the movies, in the bathroom, with the soda bottle and church key--THAT part was SO funny!
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Summary: Bringing All to Bear
Review: The following is a review of the Unabridged CD recording of 'Tis as read by the author. 'Tis is subtitled "A Memoir." So I thought to myself when I began that it would be the author's memoir. It is a fair assumption after all especially after reading the book jacket and seeing Mr. McCourt's picture and reading that it chronicled his life. I listened to the entire book, as read by Mr. McCourt and at times, I would scream at him (though he was not there) "Quit yer whining and complaining." It seemed like there was an incessant amount of whining and complaining as well as moments that revealed that the sole motivations for most of McCourt's actions lie in his own self-aggrandizement. Many who have reviewed this book would take the position that Frank McCourt comes off in the book as a boarish ogre and I would have to agree. However, this conclusion did not sit well with me and towards the very end of the book, it hit me. The book was subtitled "A Memoir" and not "My Memoir." If one were to write his own memoirs, one has full editorial license to only report the good, or to paraphrase T.S. Eliot, "to prepare a face for the readers that you would meet." McCourt does not do so. Instead, 'Tis is not a true "memoir" in that it is not truly his own "memoir." Rather, 'Tis is a memoir of all the other people (both good and bad) in his life and in his "memoir" Frank McCourt plays either a foil character or a "Nick Carraway" character for the other people who had come through his life. If McCourt is especially boarish - especially in his descriptions of the people whom he loved and cherished the most, his descriptions are not to be believed nor an indictmernt, but rather are instead, meant to accentuate his own inadequacies. The CD edition of the text illuminates the topic of McCourt's brogue by producing the brogue for inspection by the reader/listener. Each disc ends with an snipet of Irish folk song and McCourt reads with flare and gusto. He also provides voice characterizations for different speakers. All in all, a quite worthy product.
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Summary: A Must Read!!!
Review: This book was amazing! McCourt is an incredibly talented writer. His stories had me laughing and then crying. It is a touching, exciting narrative. I think that the most unbelievable part is that it is all true!
I have reccomended this book to men and women, and both avid and reluctant readers. They have all enjoyed the book.
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Summary: Another Good Memoir to Read
Review: 'TIS is a memoir that picks up where Frank McCourt leaves off in "Angela's Ashes." It continues his story as an adult. At age 19, McCourt returns to New York City from Ireland. He describes his life in America and his relationship with the people that he meets. It starts with his first job, first place to stay and the people that he meets. Early on, everyone warns him to "stay with his own kind" (Irish people) only. McCourt ignores that advice and meets some very colorful people. McCourt joins the army and serves abroad. He returns to Ireland for a visit. Later McCourt is able to attend New York University although he never graduated from high school. He starts a teaching career and gets his first job in a Staten Island high school. McCourt describes the challenges he encounters with his students - youngsters and grown-ups alike. McCourt also describes his relationship with his parents as an adult. He cares for his mother, although she exasperates him sometimes. He is disappointed with his father's care of the family but still tries to reach out to his father on several occasions. He also mentions his brothers. I enjoyed this memoir because after reading "Angela's Ashes," I wanted to know what happened to McCourt as an adult. 'TIS answered all the questions that I had - What happened when he left for America? Was he able to help his mother? Did he ever hear from his father who abandoned the family? Where did the title, "Angela's Ashes" come from? And more. 'TIS is another good memoir to read. Fafa Demasio
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Summary: Angela's Ashes Continued
Review: OK, so it's no Angela's Ashes, but it is a worthy read in it's own right. It's still engaging. It's still emotional. And it's still the voice of Frank McCourt, who has a beautiful way with language. Really what this memoir does best is show us how one impoverished, troubled, self-doubting boy grows up to be a man dealing with the effects of such a childhood. Ultimately, he moves onward and upward not just in spite of his past, but also because of it.
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Summary: Give credit where credit is due !
Review: Okay so its not as good as Angela's Ashes but it was never going to be. McCourt had all his life to write "AA s" and only one year to write Tis and i think he has done an amazing job. It is a memoir after all and i think people need to keep that in mind before they slam it. McCourt has had a very tough life and he deserves all the praise and accolades at this late stage in the game.He is the working class hero.There is way too many begrudgers who are jealous of his success. I love Tis and have read and re-read it and i can honestly say it is my 2th favourite book of all time and i average a book a week. The first is still of corse Angelas Ashes
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