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Summary: disturbing yet captivating
Review: I couldn't put this down. I just could feel Marthas emotions. I was quite surprised with tne ending and I felt so sad. It was a very interesting book to read. The writing is fantastic. So true to life.
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Summary: Very captavating
Review: I enjoyed the book, but I just felt that I didn't want it to end there. I wanted to hear more about Martha.
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Summary: Her characters are very heavy and realistic
Review: I happen to LOVE Mary McGarry Morris...I've read all of the Oprah books and she, of all authors, writes the most about very very real people and situations. This is a depressing situation book, but if you like those "heavy family dramas", you'll love this one. It's NOT all "happy and worked out" at the end. I felt so bad for Martha, yet, I would have had to run away from her too, she's overwhelming and just "not right" and very annoying to everyone! The last sentance blew me away - it just finalized her situation and mentality in my mind. And Mary McGarry Morris - when is your NEXT book coming out - I CAN'T WAIT!
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Summary: Do you want to BECOME a character? Read this book!
Review: I was first introduced to Mary McGarry Morris when Oprah chose Songs in Ordinary Time. I loved both of these books. Martha was such a vivid character and I could actually feel each emotion as she experienced it. Well-written, descriptive, and haunting. The ending made me cry, I was so emotionally involved by then that I felt like I should be trying to help Martha! This was a quick read and I was enthralled from the start.
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Summary: A gripping, heart-breaking novel ....
Review: Martha Hogan, the main character in this novel, will not soon be forgotten by the reader. She is a tormented soul who struggles to find a place for herself in the world, a feeling that so many people can relate to. Ms.Morris' writing will grab your attention and hold it tightly, with tension building, until the heart-wrenching conclusion.
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Summary: Nobody is perfect.
Review: Martha's story should serve to remind us that no one should be looked down upon or ridiculed for being "different". All she wanted was to be loved. I would like very much for the author to write another book picking up where this one left off.
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Summary: Vivid
Review: Mary McGarry Morris has created a wonderfully real character in Martha Horgan. Martha is suffering from a unnamed mental illness, and craves love and friendship, but doesn't know how to get it. She obsesses about anyone who shows her attention as a friend and develops a crush on a man that seduces her while he is drunk.It is a very suspenseful novel, you know from the title and tension in the book that there is going to be a murder. The are many possibilities as to who will be the Martha's victim and the guessing kept me flying through the book up to the last page.
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Summary: superb characterisation
Review: Mary McGarry Morris has created a wonderfully real character in Martha Horgan. Martha is suffering from a unnamed mental illness, and craves love and friendship, but doesn't know how to get it. She obsesses about anyone who shows her attention as a friend and develops a crush on a man that seduces her while he is drunk. It is a very suspenseful novel, you know from the title and tension in the book that there is going to be a murder. The are many possibilities as to who will be the Martha's victim and the guessing kept me flying through the book up to the last page.
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Summary: Oh so realistic...
Review: Mary McGarry Morris has once again demonstrated her talent for bringing characters to life. In *A Dangerous Woman*, Martha Horgan is a young woman attempting an adult life despite the mental difficulties plaguing her. Martha, although living in a rented room and town and boasting a full-time job at the nearby dry cleaners, is unable to forge natural adult relationships with the people surrounding her. She moves between hating co-workers and attaching at the hip to those she loves. Eventually, her difficulties lead to the loss of her job and a move back to her aunt's home. It's certain that Martha will soon lose all control of her reactions to those around her. At times, I felt so uncomfortable reading about Martha. She made me angry and sad all at the same time. But Morris, through Martha, reinforced that people need to stop being superficial and start taking the time to look beyond a person's surface to see the real person inside.
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Summary: Interesting and Compelling
Review: Meet Martha Horgan. By all accounts she is odd, peculiar, and haunting. Martha is definately suffering from a mental illness. But the question that must be asked is how this illness came to be. Was Martha always odd, or did something unspeakable occur to make her this way? Martha craves to be like everybody else. She is starved for friendship, love, and mostly normalacy. She is often found obsessing about contacting her 'best friend', or lurking about watching people. Martha's obsessions are often disturbing to those around her. Set in a small town, Martha Horgan is a household name, a taboo. Martha, who is relentlessly truthful, does not have the control to hold back, even when it means diaster for herself. Through Martha's truth, she is often victimized by those who she preceives closest to her. A Dangerous Woman is an interesting and compelling read, you will want to find out how Martha resolves all her difficulties. Mary McGarry Morris has created a diverse novel with many twists and turns! Accompained by a diverse cast of characters, A Dangerous Woman is a novel to read!
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