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Summary: Absolutely hilarious
Review: The book starts off with a nonchalant narrative of how a mailman ran over this kid's head one sunny day. A good promise that this book would be hilarious and it proved it till the very end. I loved how Brady Udall described everything, he gave humor and texture to his words. I couldn't put it down, and I did receive a lot of stares at my outbursts of laughter. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who would love a good story and a good time.
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Summary: A truly satisfying read
Review: Loved this book. Here's a novel that keeps up the surprises right through to the end. Edgar's journey is wild, unpredictable, unique, and in the end, soul-satisfying. I'm blown away by Udall's ability to tie together all the pieces and to craft such a tight story with such rich characters. As an aspiring writer, I feel humbled after finishing this work.
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Summary: Not everyone is taken
Review: Here I go, against he grain; I didn't love it. For a book that is pitched as humourous and uplifting, I found this book to be a downer. About 1/3 of the way through, it was reading like a prison novel. I almost put is down at that point, but stuck it out until the end. It did get better. There were some interesting characters. (Dr. Barry, the entire morman family.) The reviews led me to believe this book really is incredible, even comparing it to some classic books I believe are way out of it league. I was bothered by the writer going back and forth between first and third person. At first I thought the author would only refer to Edgar Mint in the third person during his amnesia period - that would make sense. But he switched back and forth, randomly, throughout the book. I didn't hate this book. A friend saw me reading it, and intrigued by the cover asked "Oh, is this good?" My answer was and is "I have about twenty books I'd recommend before this one."
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Summary: A must read book
Review: This is a brilliant, cynical, sad but funny book. I would place it up with books like 1984 and the catcher in the rye. It is one of those stories that grasp you from the first word you read and keeps you hanging on till the last. It made me cry, laugh and pray for this charming little boy. It's so wonderful to see a book about such a simple minded person that you just bond with as you go along. I didn't let it down from the first moment i opened it. highly recomended.
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Summary: Edgar Mint is a MINT of a Read
Review: This book is one of my favorite all time reads...right up there with To Kill a Mockingbird, Pride and Predjudice, and Gone with The Wind (and more recently, The Secret Life of Bees) Brady's Udall's characters are richly drawn and a plot that may seem a bit contrived at the beginning became enjoyable. It is truly a rare book when a reader "cares" about the characters and I found myself actually caring about the welfare about Edgar Mint. Do yourself a favor and pick this one up for your collection...you WON'T regret it!
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Summary: the miracle life of edgar mint.
Review: The miracle life of Edgar Mint is about a boy named Edgar.
As a young child Edgar grew up on a indian reservation with his mother, grandmother and other locals.
At the age of seven Edgar had a freak accident when he put his head under a mail truck tire and was run over. Edgar was put in the hospital and was considerd a goner but with the help of one good doctor he survived and was called a miracle. Edgar stayed in the hospital for many years and made many friends and his best friends name was Art.
when the doctors thought Edgar didnt need to stay their any more they put him in a boys school. Edgar had trouble fitting in and was always getting picked on by other boys at the school.
I thought that the book was a great idea and a very funny and thrilling book with many twists an turns. It was the best book I ever read and Iam sure it will stay that way.
I encourage you to read this book..
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Summary: First Nation Review
Review: As an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Oregon, I related to this book. As an infant, I was taken out of the backseat of my parent's car while they were in a tavern. Like Edgar and many other Indian children, I was made a ward of the state. I lived through being placed in a German foster family, an orphanage run by nuns, and various other children's institutions. I found the characters whom Edgar encounters, to be very realistic and believable. The real life stories of many Native people seem common place to us but would seem fantastic to most middle class Americans. I can only remember seeing my parents in their coffins, I don't remember them alive. I have no baby pictures. Like many Indian children I was physically abused by those paid to raise me. Considering the history of genocide practiced by the U.S. government and the horror of the foster care system, it is a miracle that any of us survived. Brady Udall obviously knows Indian people and is familiar with some of our life stories. I would recommend this book to all Native people.
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Summary: Wonderful....a tale of the human heart!
Review: The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint is an amazing story about the life of a young child facing what seems to be insurmountable challenges as he begins his life. His mother is an alcoholic, his relatives are unable to help him, he is involved in a horrible accident and the list goes on and on. The scenes in the hospital are heart wrenching, demanding your full attention. Then follows institutional schools, foster homes and life on the run. Edgar Mint deals with drugs, murder, assault, prejudice, intolerance and cultural divides. There are those who care about him along the way, but most seem to have their own personal agenda involved in their "caring". Through everything that occurs one wonders why this child does not give up and just quit trying, but gloriously, he just keeps on plugging away at his life and searching for his place in the Universe.
This novel is really a story of what the human spirit can cope with and the obstacles someone can overcome in order to gain what the heart truly desires, which is love and acceptance, an inner peace and to know that they have a place in the world.
Brady Udall has created a masterful novel that is not only a coming of age tale, but a tale of the human heart and soul that will never leave your thoughts.
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Summary: Makes "White Oleander" look like a happy childhood
Review: First off, I defy anyone to read the first two sentences of this book and not be instantly sucked in to the next 400. Edgar Mint is a well-built, captivating and memorable novel. But I object to the descriptions of this work as humorous. The cruelty, the sadistic violence, that Edgar endures is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. So be warned: the brutality described in the book is graphic and disturbing. But the remarkable thing was, it didn't deter me from reading. The story is that good. For another treatment of boyhood and miracles I also suggest "Peace Like a River", the exceptionally beautifully written novel by Leif Enger.
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Summary: One of the funniest opening lines I've ever read...
Review: ...maybe that makes me twisted, I don't know. I do know that Edgar's fictional account of his childhood evoked some of the most scarifying memories of my childhood and I'm neither an orphan nor half-Apache male. I was entranced, mesmerized and just plain caught up in Edgar's miserable gulag of a life. --heh, thanks for the catharsis Mr. Udall! I read this book all at once, I couldn't put it down; I highly recommend this book to readers who love a well written, well told tale that is heavy on the irony.
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