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Summary: The Western man...and I know, 'cause I'm one!
Review: This book is a Western, which made me give it three stars because Westerns are always too slow. It did have action, though, and was a great start for me and the other seventh graders in my reading class. Read it, y'all.
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Summary: "Shane" is one of the most well-crafted, intelligent novels
Review: If you're looking for a tear-jerker ,or you want to read a simple story that will remind us all of the bond of love ,and the triumph of heart-felt sacrifice, 'shane' is the novel you want to read next. There is some of Shane the man , in all of us, however much we choose to supress it, or express it. Read it and you'll believe it.
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Summary: Superb Americana!
Review: Of the hundreds of books I've read, this is the one that I've re-read the most. To say that this is a classic would not do it proper justice. In a short, compact narrative, Mr. Schaefer manages to convey an unforgettable sense of a time, a place, a man and his destiny in a most accurate, convincing fashion. The movie version, as good as it was, does not come anywhere close to the book, and this is due in part to Alan Ladd's portrayal. Again, Alan Ladd was a great actor, but he carried none of the implied menace that the book's character had. This is a great book for first-time readers, in its depiction of right, wrong and the price each carries. I recommend it wholeheartedly.
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Summary: Sprit
Review: The Starretts are examples of the pioneering sprit. This is shown to us in the story Shane, in many different ways. When the Starretts establish themselves somewhere new and start a family, by taking in and helping out someone they didn't know, and Joe Starrett not giving up on the stump. In the year of 1889 the move that was happening across Northern America had relatively come to a holt and the Starretts were one of the last to settle down and start a family on the new plains. They stopped at a small place in Wyoming and set up their family. To do this would be a strong effort as the pain and pressure that people went though in the cross of Northern America was quite large. There is a poem about the great movement across Northern America that applies to what the Starretts would have gone through. " The cowards never started and the week died on the road and all across the continent the endless camp fires glowed." This captures the essence of the movement across Northern America and the feelings that the Starretts would have had. In the story the Starrett family take on a new member to their family, a man titled Shane. When the Starretts did this it showed that they had compassion for others that had traveled the same journey as them and that they were willing to help someone that they didn't know. When the Starretts were moving across Northern America, they would have been tired and happy to see a warm and friendly face, so they gave water and food to Shane to show that they would help him. When Joe and Shane started working on the stump in the property of the Starretts, the pioneering sprit was shown again by both Shane and Joe. They were both very determined to remove the stump out of the ground and get it out of their lives. Joe and Shane never gave up on the stump, they kept at it till it gave way and did what the Starretts wanted it to. Thanks Adam Tierney
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Summary: I really found it boring
Review: Hi, i read the book shane and found it, well not so good!! It was really hard to get into and when i did get into it finaly i saw that the book had too much in the lack of themes! Some readers might have liked it but for some reason it lingers on me! Sorry
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Summary: Oh my god.
Review: That was quite possibly THE WORST book I have ever read, with exceptions of 'The Cay' and 'Rachel's Revolution'. Someone said to me that beacuse this book was short, it didn't have a single boring part. What part wasn't boring, I ask. It's a horible book. No plot. Only bad guy comes, good guys don't like it, good guys kick bad guy's butt. A classmate wanted to read this book because he wanted to find out what shane's 'Secret past' was (It said he had one on the cover). When this was never revealed he was disgusted. I didn't need to wait for the book not revealing want ever reader in my class wanted to know. I knew by the fifth chapter that this was nothing but crap.
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Summary: Heartwarmer
Review: The story of a boy's transition from boyhood to manhood in this classic Western is a story of passion, excitement, adventure, and that magical sense that is associated with the Old West.
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Summary: Shane
Review: I just read Shane for a book report. I think it is a great book. It isn't very long so there can't be any boring parts. The fights were very realistic. Shane was a realistic person. Next to Louis L'Amour's Chick Bowdrie, Shane would be my favorite western character. The setting is like a real community trying to get to be a town in the early 1800's. -J.J. Hendrix
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Summary: A Well Founded Conquest
Review: If you pressed me I could probably go on and on about Shane; in fact I'm sure that my remarks would end up longer than the book itself. But going along with Schaefer's advice that short is much better... I'll just say that Shane immediately became my favorite book when I read it in 6th grade. The copy that I read was my teacher's and I have been searching for one of my own for years... now a freshman in college, I finally have my personal edition of Shane as of a week ago. When I opened the cover, the story completely absorbed me just like in 6th grade and I couldn't put it down until I had finished reading the entire book. It was every bit as good as it was over six years ago. Thankyou Jack Schaefer for writting such an extraordinary book and for those of you who havn't read Shane, I strongly urge you to get out there and search for it. I am certain that it will not be in vain
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Summary: Classic Western Motifs
Review: Unlike the reviewer "Barb from Oregon," I believe everything she found detestable in Shane is what makes it a great western. Her firts complaint was to the shallow development of the Shane character. I believe the author intentionally left his past dim, his motivations unkown, as part of the "hero" motif. As to violence--it's a western story depicting a range war, not a court proceeding. The author shows Joe's muscles ripping his shirt in the bar fight for a reason. From the perspective of his son, it was vitally important that he see his father as strong, otherwise his admiration of Shane may have overshadowed his father. Wild Bill recommends this book for any reader interested in a portrayal of the wild west in its legendary form.
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