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Summary: realistic and blood chilling
Review: I first read this book after my friend sugested it. I was reluctent at first but was soon caught up in the tail.as the story gets nearer and nearer to the end you start to realize that there is no way of getting out of it. the carecters are domed. shutes book makes that a reality.This was an exillent book.
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Summary: This novel may have prevented a nuclear war... who knows?
Review: When it is considered that this book was published in 1957, its meaning takes on added significance. At that time there was no ban on atmoshperic testing of nuclear weapons. Radiation actually did circle the globe when large nucelar weapons were exploded. Those families who could afford it really were building fallout shelters.It was a chilling time and this novel may well have helped the world's leaders get the prespective needed to move on toward a nuclear test ban treaty. It could have given them a sober dose of sanity that ultimately led to rational co-existence between East and West. While I agree that the writing at times is slow, the complaint from another reader about gender treatment is annoying. The young mother's sentimentality underscores the tragedy of a nuclear holcaust. The romatic angle with Towers and Davidson reconciles the the straight-laced with the foot-loose during the final moments of truth. I also found it interesting to note that the author was a successful aeronautical engineer as well as a novelist.
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Summary: A little boring in some places, but enjoyable regardless.
Review: The writing was somewhat dull, the bias against women was annoying (two women characters: one was a drunken slut, the other comparable to Rose of Sharon of the Grapes of Wrath, without coming into her own). So why did I enjoy this book? It's just one of those things. Such a classic portrayal of human nature stripped to the core is easily forgivable for any petty flaws. On The Beach was essential for its time. We all cringe to think about what the world would be like if we all knew when we would die, and how. Nevil Shute makes this a reality, bringing to life the unsettling details we've all thought about time and again. Maybe the writing is a little mundane, maybe the ideas are old-fashioned. Look past it. On the Beach is a worthwhile read.
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Summary: We never let this book come true.
Review: We were required to read "On the Beach" for our English class and thought it would a boring book. But, after I finshed I was shocked. How could we create such horrible weapons? If it were the end I think going out in a fireball on a race track would the best way to go.
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Summary: a chilling apocalyptic tale
Review: i recently read this book for the fourth time. i first read the book when i was 18. i am now 34. the book was as engrossing and chilling the fourth time i read it as it was the first time. from the first word until the final tragic ending, i could not put the book down. each time i have read the book, i have done so in one sitting. i must say that "on the beach" and "the stand" by stephen king are by far the best works of fiction i have read...
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Summary: No other book has made me cry so much...
Review: I think the reason I was so emotional over this book was because when I read it, the threat of nuclear war was weighing on us every day. Years later, I still remember it vividly. It was so chilling, even more so than any horror novel. I felt very lucky to be alive and appreciated my life much more after reading it.
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Summary: I encourage you to read this novel!
Review: I read this book 5 years ago and I still remember the story like yesterday! It's books like this one that should be required reading in school. It was truely a wonderful story that will keep you interested until the end.
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Summary: It is good
Review: I like this book Xena rule
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Summary: I'll never forget this book!
Review: I was sixteen when I read "On the Beach." It was required reading, and when I finished, I was sitting in my civic's class, but for a moment I wasn't sure where I was. The story was so captivating, I thought I was experiencing the end of the world myself. Thirty three years later and I still remember this novel as one of the best stories I have ever read. It makes you appreciate life and love and how it can all end suddenly.
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Summary: The only book that ever made me cry like a baby.
Review: This is the kind of novel that scares you to death when you realize that it really is not that far fetched. You want it to be a Stephen King, but it is much more terrifyingly realistic than that.
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