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Summary: An Acceptable Novel
Review: A Separate Peace, I felt, was an acceptable novel. The plot at times was drawn out and tedious but overall I felt the novel had momentum. I liked the character development between Phineus and Gene and I liked the way they interacted. Gene's feelings at times were dull and overemotional. But I guess with the confusing nature of the war, WWI, and his inner conflict with himself he really had no choice. I felt very angry with Gene after he pushed... I don't want to ruin it. I felt the book was a little long in spots but it was an overall okay read.
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Summary: BoRiNg
Review: i dont think that this was a good book at all. i thought it was boring and i didnt understand it that well! of what i read anywayz! i thought that gene and phineas were crazy and i jus didnt like how things were put!
Rating: 
Summary: uhh
Review: This book was not very good. I do not understand why Gene would try and turn a great friendship into some kind of war. Finny never knew that Gene even felt that way. Finny did not feel that way towards Gene at all. Even when Gene confessed to hurting Finny on purpose because of jealousy, Finny refused to believe. I do not like this book because it does not symbolize what a real friendship should be like. I understand that everyone was going through hard times because of the war, but friends should stay close during hard times. They should not turn against each other. This was a bad thing that Gene could do to his best friend.
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Summary: Mixed thoughts
Review: I both enjoyed and disliked this story for many reasons. I enjoyed the fact that it had all different values to it. It showed a world in war and how it affects its citizens. It showed how it affects people fighting in the war and how people helped out at home. Beyond this thou it had a very good lesson about envy. In this story Gene was very envious of Gene and it led him to think and do some very crazy things. Reading this book will make u realize a lot about how easy it is to envy some body and how ridiculous it may can be when you do. This story teaches u to kind of step back and look at things from another point of view I thought. I didn't enjoy though how the characters were shown and talked about. Some characters I thought went underdeveloped and they focused too much on things that did not matter.
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Summary: ASP school reading
Review: I had just read the book A Separate Peace by John Knowles. This book had no action of any kind what so ever. If you are a patient reade, then you will enjoy the book. However, if you need continuous, ongoing, exciting situations, then you will not like the book. The book is extremely dull and boring. You need to really go in the middle of the book to find some exciting situations. The love, violence, and excitement are not found easily and are not found in a bold manner. Even though I am a kid that doesn't enjoy to read, I feel that anyone in their teen years will not feel this a strong book. However, there are always some people that enjoy all different types of books.
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Summary: WHY?!?!
Review: I recently had to read Of A Separate Peace, i found this book to be dull and uniteresting. This book was written about the 40's, which has no relation to me in this time. I generally like reading about war, but this book was horrible. The character werevery boring to read about, they way hey portrayed the characters just made the story worse. I wish i would have never read this book, and i want the time i spent reading this book back! Hopefully i will never have to read another book written by John Knowles, although i dont think any book can get as bad as this.
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Summary: ASP school reading book
Review: I have just recently read the book A Separate Peace by John Kowles. This book didn't interest me at all. There was nothing that made me want to read this book. I'm not saying that everyone won't like this book but unless you love to read just to read you will hate this book. This review isn't from a student that hates to read, I actualy like to read. The thing about this book that realy made me dislike this novel was that there was no real action, it was dull and bland. I do not recomend this book and encourage people not to read this book unless forced to read this book.
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Summary: WHAT!?!
Review: I had to read this book for my sophomore honors english class, and although I enjoyed reading this book and really got into the lives of the charecters and what it was like for them in living in a bording school during WWII, but i still dont get how phineus...........well im not going to ruin the book for all of you who havent read it yet, but you'll see what i mean. This book is defenitly worth reading.
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Summary: Amazing Depth and Clarity!
Review: Set in the 1940's, A Separate Peace takes the reader into the world of Devon, a boarding school on the East Coast, and into a world where the reality of war is imminent. The book itself has nothing to do with that war, and yet everything to do with it. From the first page on, Knowles presents a realistic story (perhaps even a sad one) with hints and moments of hindsight, as a thirty-some year-old Gene, who attended the school in his youth, tells the story. And while the narrative never quite takes us to the war itself, the entire theme that Knowles presents is intertwined with the very being of World War II.Furthermore, while that conflict rages on around the world, back at Devon, a teenage Gene and his "best friend" Phineas are struggling with their own battle: Human nature. Phineas, himself, learns personally that the truth hurts, but how far does it go? A Separate Peace is chalk-full of life-long lessons and a truth that runs deeper than we might want it to. John Knowles is a terrific author and this book is proof.
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Summary: uh please
Review: I had to read this for english and let me tell you, i didn't like it. The kid Gene becomes so paranoid, and I didn't understand half the things that went through his head. The charcters were strange, especially Gene. ZFinny was your typical great at sports guy, but he got on my nerves too. It's an okay book, but i don't recomend reading it unless you have to.
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