The Judas Tree

Rating:
Summary: An average novel
Review: I'm not sure if the previous reviewer and I even read the same book. This book was average. Nothing great. It broadcasts the plot twists dozens of pages before they happen. The only great thing about this book is that it reminds you how good a similar book("The Heart of the Matter" by Graham Greene) is in comparison.

The plot involves a old man who decides to right the wrong(leaving his "one true love") he committed in his youth only to discover it's not that easy. He can't change a lifetime's worth of taking the easy way out and justifying it to himself.

Rating:
Summary: A must for any young soul trying to undestand life...
Review: The first book that made a serious impact in my life. I was young and lost, and to see and feel other persons weaknesses, pains and frustrations, help me overcome my own, in ways that, after almost 40 years, I cannot truly understand nor explain. Today, I suggested this book to my very loving and talented 16 year old daugther. Not because I feel she needs it as I needed it, but because I know that this book will make her understand life in a way that will make her even a better and more sensitive young lady... I love her very much..