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Summary: initiation into the mysteries of life
Review: If it be a no-brainer adventure or a plot full of relentless debauchery you're looking for, I suggest you avoid this book entirely. However, if you seek a deeply touching novel of intelligence and substance, indeed I urge you to read "Who Has Seen The Wind". It portrays the story of a prairie boy's initiation into the mysteries of life, as he discovers death, God, and the spirit that moves through everything: the wind. The plot details the little things in life that most of the masses overlook, and accurately relates the expressions and deep feelings of a young person growing up during the Great Depression. At the time I read it in school I could relate very easily to the primary character, Brian O'Connal. The novel's greatest strengths lie in its sensitive evocations of Brian's feelings, sometimes associated with his various experiences of death, sometimes with a child's fundamental, inarticulate but insistent curiosity to discover the world within and beyond himself. I was lost in the character's maturation and progression as a person. It is truly a book I will never forget. "Who Has Seen The Wind" definitely has contributed to the way I looked at life in general, as a young person at the time.
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Summary: Canadian Crap
Review: If you want to read "a book about nothing" that isn't even funny.....then read this. I found it hard to keep my eyes open for more than one paragraph at a time. It was that boring. I feel for those poor Canadian children that are forced to read this in school, only because Mitchell is Canadian.
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Summary: Its not Boring!!
Review: The person who rated this book as boring must not have read the same book I did. This is an elegaic portrait of life on the Canadian Prairies in the early 20th century. It captures something significant about the Prairie psyche and the Canadian psyche as a whole. It is, in the final analysis, a sweet, beautifully written story by a master story teller. It is not full of car chases or other amusements for tiny minds, but is a treat for anyone who appreciates a great tale well told.
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Summary: This book caused me to drop out of high school
Review: This book about growing up in a small town on the Canadian Prairies was the straw that broke the camel's back. Forced to read the hundreds of tired "poetic" pages that comprise this pointless tale was about as interesting as watching paint dry on a Saskatchewan barn.
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Summary: This book caused me to drop out of high school
Review: This book about growing up in a small town on the Canadian Prairies was the straw that broke the camel's back. Forced to read the hundreds of tired "poetic" pages that comprise this pointless tale was about as interesting as watching paint dry on a Saskatchewan barn.
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Summary: The most boring book i have ever read in my life
Review: THis book had no point at all to it and was very boring. it sucked.
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Summary: Wonderful , powerful, moving story.
Review: This book is a classic. Right up there with To Kill a Mockingbird, Grapes of Wrath etc. The story of Brian O'Connal growing up on the wilds of the Canadian prairie is beautifully woven against a powerful, sometimes sinister, backdrop of small town Canadiana. This book captures life in a small town like few can. It is hilarious in spots, and sometimes very moving. Mitchell captures the heart of a young boy's spiritual, and intellectual growth with wonderful detail. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: AWESOME!
Review: This book was extremely good and interesting. The people who don't like it must not understand the meaning behind it. I loved the story, characters and don't regret reading it for a second.
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Summary: A must read!
Review: This book was required for all students in my high school, and rightfully so. Not only did it make me laugh, it also led me to do a little introspection of my own, and to put lif in perpspective. WO Mitchell's writing will appeal to you, not only for the witty humour, but also for the hearfelt emotion his words can invoke in the reader.So if you just want to read something good for a change, this is my pick!
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Summary: A must read!
Review: This book was required for all students in my high school, and rightfully so. Not only did it make me laugh, it also led me to do a little introspection of my own, and to put lif in perpspective. WO Mitchell's writing will appeal to you, not only for the witty humour, but also for the hearfelt emotion his words can invoke in the reader. So if you just want to read something good for a change, this is my pick!
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