Cold Mountain

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Summary: it's not that good of a book to waist your time on.
Review: Cold Moutain is way too complicated to understand.It seems like a book for people with a very high I.Q.and a high rate of intelligence to understanding and analyzing difficult novels. The book is way too boring to keep my attention but for some srange reason it did for awhile.The author, Charles Frazier, dragged on into too much detail, telling unnecessary things that had no sense.I think the book, chronologically, stunk because i lost my place more than once trying to keep up to where the next setting, and plot were heading. From the looks of what type of problems his characters faceed, the author was probably a problem child with these expierences. I have not read the final chapters, but i'm not really looking forward to it. It stunk! Overall, I think Siskel and Ebert would give this book a negative review, but since that's not a option, and they're in a good mood and so am I, I'll give it a 2 star, for effort.

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Summary: Emotionally wrenching.
Review: The ending brought tears, because of a brave, determined, lovelorn man's sad death after 4 years of encountering the harshness and brutality of life in battle and in his journey home. Frazier's descriptions of the natural world are vivid and you feel as if you are part of that world. His colloquial language adds to the realism. The absence of quotes in dialogue is a plus. You are presented with various twists and turns in the concluding chapters--you are fearful one moment and grateful the next.

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Summary: Not ALL books read for classes are horrible...
Review: Amazing grace...how sweet the sound. A closing book, a nod and a grin-that's how you spell Cold Mountain... Charles Frazier has created a masterpiece-his characters are like red freckles on a pale face, contrasting and merging, their little conversations changing the world. This book is set during the Civil War, but don't be discouraged...this is not a History-laden textbook-----but a romance/mystery/"life" novel with a great ending (at least I thought so) that will grab you, spin you around, and make you look at everything --- everything --- differently...

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Summary: Read This Book!! It is a God!!
Review: I read this book in AP English class. At first I wasn't happy about reading a book about the Civil War, but after I got past the first couple of chapters I realized that I was going to like it. Charles Frazier is a brilliant author. He mixed an innocent Romance with a not-so-innocent war. The charcter developement was perfect. The events in the charcters lives effected the charcters personality just right. The description in this novel was beautiful. The only thing I didn't like about this book was the end.

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Summary: the english class went over the mountain...
Review: and we are all a little bit better because of it... I love the subtleness of Ada and Inmans relationship.. it's a wonderful contrast to the love affairs of today... it is in fact.. the little things that make life interresting... the ending.. most people dont like.. I on the other hand... do....the way Mr Frazier gave little twists to make the reader think what they wanted to.. all in all.. I would recomend this book to most people...

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Summary: n/a
Review: i began reading Cold Mountain for my Honors English 11 class. the book begins slow, continues to drag on like a patient on a morphine drip and then finally, ends. at first many people complained about the description, but i didn't really seem to notice. the mental picture Frazier created for the reader did not enhance nor did it lower my opinion of the book. in fact, the book, in itself, despite the slow and tedious pace, was alright. the only thing that didn't do it for me was the ending. i absolutely despised it. it was not nearly as horrific as it should of been, or as it was foretold to be. not that i'm a sadist or anything, but when you write a novel as depressing as Cold Mountain, you should bloody well follow through with a tragic ending.

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Summary: it was good but I hated the ending
Review: The book Cold Mountain was a very entertaining book. I enjoyed the whole story and I thought that it was very well written, but I hated and despised the ending. It was a sad ending to a sad book. We read this for class, and though most of my class thought that it was a happy ending, I thought that it was sad and depressing. I will admit that the author had, really, no other good way to end the book, I just didn't personally like it. This book was very well written and the themes were easy to see so that the reader understood the whole point of the book. I really enjoyed this book.

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Summary: A book of bad endings, and mostly dead good characters.....
Review: This Book was interesting, it started off wit something to grab most peoples attention. It gave you a good promise for a storyline. But in the end, delivered a horrible ending, yet that was well backed up. For even though the ending was stupid, unthought out, and short, it was well given. For there was little to change, without changing the most of the storyline, and character development. But, there was shining light in this entire book, that was good and funny....Veasey. Veasey was a good, funny character that gave the book a spin for a while. Simple review of this book, if you like a lot of storyline, and maybe a bit of wonder, don't read this book, but if you like some love story, coming of age, or jorney tale books, it's for you.

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Summary: Detailed and descriptive language, long but directed
Review: The writing seemed to drag at times, and I put the book down several times before being able to finish it. The wait was worth it as the last several chapters developed into a more interesting story, or at least a clearer picture after a long journey. It does show a time when people were more determined and could do almost anything. Touching ending with the hope of something beyond the present. Was life as valued during the past, or do we guard it more today?

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Summary: A skip-a-page-athon
Review: I loved Frazier's writing and imagery, and found the setting of the novel dramatic. However, when thinking about the novel's main story, that of reunited love, I thought that Inman's and Ada's motivations central to that cause were bewildering and underdeveloped. A brief conversation here, a few hours spent together there seemed woefully inadequate to explain the force of their attraction. On top of that, Frazier fills the book up with lots of fluff and inane occurances that have nothing to do with the central story. It seems that the main point is to prove that Inman is a tough but sensitive guy and Ada matures into a tough but sensitive woman. All this adds up to me skimming or skipping page after page, especially near the end, at a time when you should relish each paragraph. Nice try this time, better luck next time!