The Beach

Rating:
Summary: JUST PLAIN BAD
Review: This is without a doubt one of the most boring books I have ever read. I only kept reading it because I thought it would get interesting at some point. It never did.
Garland is not only a bad novelist, he's also a mediocre screenwriter. (Did you see "28 Days later"? he's responsible for that, too). This one is not worth the paper it is printed on.

Rating:
Summary: hours of enjoyment
Review: Today I finished listening to The Beach on tape after several days of commuting an hour each way to and from work. I hardly remember the miles I was so swept up in this well-told story. It's definitely a tape/page-turner. Made me almost look forward to going to work just so I could hear another hour!

Rating:
Summary: excellent book
Review: when the first time i read about this book i'm really cerious about what is going on in this story. a lot of things which i learn from this book that i can improve my english because i'm not native speaker at all. this book also i can improve my grammar and learn some of new vocabulary so i think this book is excellent.

thanks.