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Drowning Ruth

Drowning Ruth

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Mystifying from beginning to end!
Review: This is a compelling book. One can tell that the author spent years putting this plot together and making it absolutely work. Like others, I too could not put the book down once I started. It grabs you with such intensity, that you crave for more at the turn of each page. I absolutely loved how Christina set the tone of this novel. Everything was explained with such intensity and descriptive points of view throughout the entire book. I actually felt as though I was right there with the characters watching the story unfold.
I hope this book gets made into a movie. The script of coarse will change some, however it's Oscar time for "Drowning Ruth".

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Drowning everyone
Review: The title is very symbolic. It does not only refer to the physical drowning as experienced by some of the characters, but also to the suffocating love & possesiveness of Ruth's aunt towards her. It also stands for Amanda's drowning in her own secrets & personal internal turmoils - a choice she made to protect herself instead of telling the truth. It also refers to Carl's frantic search for truth like a drowning man clawing for support & life. In the midst of these all, we see Ruth desperately wanting to be free but finding herself clutching to the one thing that actually holds her back.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: WOW!
Review: Hmmmm, it's surprising to me to read all the other glowing reviews about this book. I'll admit, it catches your attention at the beginning, and keeps you guessing, but the guessing game becomes the central problem with this book, it just goes on and on, and when you finally arrive at the conclusion, you are not at all shocked. The way the author flips back and forth between characters and time frames is at best annoying. Spend your time reading something more fulfilling and exciting and less nerve racking.


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