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Summary: I could identfy with challenge & journey of self-discovery
Review: I really loved this book because I could identify with many of the issues and challenges that faced delores thoughout her life. I felt as if soemone had me in a choke-hold while she was in so much pain during her adolescent years. I highly recommend this book to those people who enjoy the challenge and the journey of self-discovery. I needed this book.
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Summary: This is the best book I've ever read!
Review: She's Come Undone is the best book I've ever read. I burst into tears as soon as I finished it. Every woman should read this book -- we can all relate to Dolores on some level. A truly wonderful book, surprisingly written by a man.
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Summary: a different way of looking at life
Review: Wally gave a perfect perspective of how life can really be to a young child that has gone through a life long journey of dissapointments, and then an outcome of overcoming it alive. Dolores had gone through depression, abuse, rape, the death of her mother, and discrimination from her peers, although she still made it through. A perfect book to read if you think life is all peaches and cherries. I, being a thirteen year old child, understood, somewhat, what she was going through, not exactly, but to a sense where it hurt.
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Summary: wonderfully written
Review: As a female, I am totally amazed by how Wally Lamb, a man, could've known what it is like to be a female. I have no doubt that one day this book will be turned into a movie (booo!)because it is so well written. I just hope that people will read the book before they go see the movie, because there are things about Delores and her life that the movie can't tell us only words can. A must read for all ages.
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Summary: good book
Review: This book was enjoyable and hard to put down. To me, a good book is one where you think about it once you've finished it. This is where I stand now.
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Summary: Definitely Interesting
Review: I have to admit that I was surprised to find that the author was a man. I didn't know it was possible for a man to involve himself so much and know so much... I hated the book when I started it, but I couldn't stop for two reasons: it was required reading for AP English and I wanted to know how her life would turn out. At the end of the book, I felt a sense of perfect peace settle over me. I was so relieved that Dolores had overcome her trials and horrid past. It almost made me forget the vulgarity of the previous four hundred pages. All in all, I am glad I had the opportunity to read the book. I really misjudged it and next time, I will be more open minded.
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Summary: I loved this book
Review: I just read the only two customer reviews todate. One loved the book one hated it. I am not sure what the person was looking for that hated this book. I really enjoyed it and read it in one afternoon. I have shared this book with others, I am sure it isn't a book everyone would love, but what book is! I would encourage anyone looking for a good story, with love, hate, emotion, humor, read this book. If you are a science fiction junkie for example this is not the book for you. But if you love books about LIFE read this book.
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Summary: predictable in areas, but overall a good read
Review: i have scrolled through about 100 people's reviews of this novel, and while i agree that the subject matter was depressing in nature, i don't think that this necessarily condemns the novel or the author. where is it written that every novel must be bright, happy, and uplifting? i thought that dolores' situations in many ways reflected traumas affecting members of society every day. one reader criticized the fact that after dolores' mother died, dolores' opinion of her went from resentful and (at times) cruel to regarding her as a saint. does this seem impossible? i thought that dolores' reactions seemed irrational, yes, but realistic. my only problem with this novel was the predictability factor. i knew the minute jack speight had his first conversation with dolores that he was going to rape her. i also knew that dante was going to be a "bad guy," and that once thayer was introduced into the novel, that he would be dolores' knight in shining armor. but her relationship with thayer was redeemed by the completely realistic quality of their dialogue and emotions in the novel. in my opinion, lamb did a wonderful job of presenting a woman who tries throughout the course of her life to avoid dealing with her emotional baggage, only to come to terms with it in her own way.
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Summary: Truly touching
Review: This book gave me a mix of emotions. I really enjoyed it, I thought it was a good balance between tragedy and triumph, Bravo to Mr. Lamb! I recommend this book to everyone, it really makes you think.
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Summary: Real, Thought Provolking, and an Emotional Exercise
Review: I am as amazed as others that a man wrote this character so real. I was amazed that this non-thriller kept me thrilled, involved, seeking to understand. Her conclusions about life, her anger and her happiness were unreasonable, as most are at a young age. She struggled, she fought, she learned, she fell, she learned how to love in order to feel love. So real is her idolization of her mother once she died, so real is her attempt to create what she thought would be a happy life with Dante, so real was her inability to take happiness from the current moment, and so real was her long journey to realization. I can't wait to read the next novel, my eyes still stinging from my tears.
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