She's Come Undone

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Summary: An emotional rollercoaster ! :)
Review: What a read! I was most pleased with Wally Lamb's first novel and have recently finished his second work, one of which is just as inspiring as the first. A must read !

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Summary: A Classic! Uniquely written.
Review: I could not believe some of the reviews written by readers with only one star. I have read this book four times and with each time, it kept on getting better. I was shocked to see that a man could write so descriptively about a woman. Like many of the critics said, I too, had to keep turning the book over to make sure it was really a man who was the author. I applaude Mr. Lamb and I think that he is truly one of the gifted writers of our time.

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Summary: Both funny and heartbreaking--Dolores is a survivor!
Review: I highly recommend this book and have passed it on to 4 people to read so far. The writing flows and you'll find it very hard to put this book down--definitely a page-turner. Dolores is an amazing, triumphant character. Wally Lamb has taken one young lady and thrown her every punch she could possibly stand. You laugh, cry, get angry. It's real life and you'll be rooting for Dolores all the way to the end.

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Summary: A Truely Great Book
Review: This book was wonderful. It wasn't very happy(far from that)and the ending was comforting but far from a perfect fairy tale "They lived happily ever after". This book was real, and that is what made it so good. I think everyone should at least try to read this book. Sure, it's a little frightening and overwhelming, but that is also another wonderful trait of this novel.

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Summary: Delores Price makes you yell, cry, and think
Review: She's Come Undone is a truly moving book. Each word Wally lamb writes is like poetry. Going through the experiences of life with Delores make you truly understand her. After reading it twice in one year, I fell in love with it even more. My favorite part is when she works out all her problems with Dr. Shaw he is so kind and understanding with her, yet firm and helpful, something Delores never had. This book made me cry so many times. Even though I was frequently frustrated with Delores I always understood, and she always redeemed herself at the end the best part is the way in which the words flowed so perfectly together. I always think of this book, I love it. this is my favorite book of all time.

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Summary: More of a waste of time or paper?
Review: Yuck. As I read it I kept hoping it would get better. I thought, surely, that Oprah's taste was better than that. And all the declorations I'd heard about how "insightful" Wally Lamb was when it came to chronicalling the difficulties of growing up fat for girls fell totally flat. I thought the entire thing was dreadful. The only even slight redemption at all was the very, very end. Tip for Mr. Lamb: next time, make your main character at least a LITTLE bit likeable if you expect us to have any sympathy for her. Heaping trauma on someone does not make them likeable if they have a basically distasteful personality/disposition to begin with. Men writing female characters always seem to be a problem -- there's rarely any real depth or insight -- and Wally Lamb doesn't seem to be the exception to that rule at ALL.

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Summary: I KEPT WONDERING...WHAT CAN HAPPEN NEXT!
Review: I could not put this book down. I find it very hard to find a book that I can actually finish...because nothing keeps my interest. This book did, although the ending was appropriate I was hoping a little something more would happen. But all in all, I have to say I LOVED IT. Wally Lamb...you just might be the new JD Salinger of the 90's. READ IT!

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Summary: The best book I've read in my life!
Review: In a time where I was struggling with "coming of age" and accepting myself, Wally Lamb delivered a book of brilliance which would forever change my outlook on life. Dolores Price is a character anyone can relate to, yet living proof that no matter how bad life gets, you can always turn things around. Lamb's intelligence and phenomenal insights on growing up as a teenage female are astonishing and I give him my highest regards for developing a book that finally made me feel good about myself and my trials. She's Come Undone should be prescribed for any individual who has struggled with depression or self-acceptance. It will alter their paradigm dramatically. This is a book of power that can not be put down; leaving one nearly dizzy with excitement, pity, rejoicing and biting reality. I have never read a more exhilirating book, and anxiously await the arrival of more Wally Lamb treasures.

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Summary: Dolores doesn't want you to like her...
Review: I tried to read this novel a year ago and wasn't able to. Probably because Dolores was (and is) too close for comfort. I just recently finished it. Lamb has created an antithetical protagnoist. She doesn't want anyone to like her. She doesn't want pity. I find it strange that so many readers think that's what her character craves. As for her life being a soap opera or unbelievable in its tide of negative events, there are similar lives walking around about all of us. Dolores Price is very real to me. She's not someone I'd point my finger at, but someone I'd see in a mirror.

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Summary: BAD
Review: I am apalled that so many people enjoyed reading about a person who had a rough childhood (but don't we all) and instead of overcoming and bettering herself just wallowed in self pity. She wasn't even a nice person. I felt no pity for her even though I tried. I did enjoy the begining and if she had done something with her life that was worth reading about after her tragedies I might have enjoyed it. Instead, It made me sick. Why do so many people feel sorry for this woman who is a liar to everyone, cruel to even those who do treat her good, and hasn't even deveolped enough backbone to not like the people that hurt her over and over again.