Breath, Eyes, Memory

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Summary: Gripping, compelling,well worth journey to another world
Review: Breath..Eyes..Memory..what a eye opening, compassionate story that warms the heart after all is said and done...I found myself crying and laughing and wanting soooo much more...I'm looking forward to reading more of Ms.Danticat's works and I look forward to sharing them with my mother/sister as well....What a way to renew the spirits both mother/daughter and recenter ourselves as women....continued success and blessing my sista....

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Summary: Very good.
Review: Breath, Eyes, Memory reveals the reductive world that women in general, but more specifically Haitian women have to live in. Danticat has done an excellent job in describing the pain that memory can bear. The text is easy to read, which made it enjoyable to readers like me whose mother tongue is not English. I recommend this book to every one.

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Summary: A valuable, much needed novel for all.
Review: "Reading this novel really made me think and expand my mind to the outer limits of the world. It made me think about other cultures and how good I really have it. The only reason I stared reading this novel was because my mother gave it to me to read because for my english class I needed to a ISU. Im so glad she gave it to me I couldn't put it down, Im going to make sure that everyone in my english class knows that it's a outstanding novel. And that I can't wait to get my hands on another one on Edwidge Danticat's books."

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Summary: Good insight into the village life of female Haitians
Review: Quick read...good insight into the village life and culture of female Haitians. Danticat is not as skillful in getting you to care about the characters, however. It is rather stilted reading and there is little introduction of characters or setting.

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Summary: I really wanted to like this book...
Review: but it fell short of what it could have been. The story didn't flow and felt disconnected. Dandicat continuously built up what seemed to be a emotional revelation and then let it fall short so many times that when the emotional pay off came I didn't care anymore. I did like the novel up to the main character moved to New York and then the story began to fall apart.

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Summary: Breath, Eyes, Memory is a paint just waiting to be viewed
Review: Breath, Eyes Memory is a colorful intricate story of a young girl being taken from the rosy pure glow she knew to live with a mother that she knows only by picture. Sophie, the young girl was then thrust into another world that pale in comparison to the warm golden colors that she's used to. The golden colors of daffodil surrounded her house in Haiti, where she used to live. In the new place she was surrounded by the deceptively innocent white and red hibiscus. She is faced with the tainted reds of hibiscus and the blood that entwines her to he mother. When finally she begins to see the bright yellows again with the silver lining of new beginnings she is abused back into the color red. Red she sees until she returns to the golden Haiti, with her beautiful brown baby by her side. The rebirth of red still looms in the background waiting to be thrust out into the world again. In the end though, foreboding blackness looms in a veil of red the golden lights of Haiti shine through putting an abrupt stop to the rebirth of red. I love the story and I could not help but paint it vividly in my head as one would a painting. The way that Danticat depicts her story is pure genius and I wish that their were more novels out like this

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Summary: It's a great book!
Review: It tells you about different cultures and how hard it is for someone to come from another country to adjust. It starts out slow, but in the middle of the book it gets really good and you won't be able to put it down. It's one of the best books I've read in a long time, and I think you'd like it too.

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Summary: Excellent study of cultural conflict,difficult relationship
Review: The most stricking issue this book addressed is a complex mother daughter relationship between two rape victims,the mother and her progeny. It also graphically describes and contrasts life in Haiti and life in the US for Haitian imigrants. Imagary was graphic and poetic in nature, and the storyline interesting so it reads quickly but stays with you.

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Summary: A good book that portrays life in another culture.
Review: I picked up this book at a second-hand book store. The book sounded as if it would give me an insight into life in Haiti. I applaud Danticat for this amazing book.

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Summary: No dreams left
Review: Yes, this is a typical award-winning book; written by a young black woman, subject matter being the so-called 'everyday angst' that critics yearn for these days. Danticat has the makings of a poet, but it's sad to say she can't weave a decent plot. Instead, this books keeps wandering in the wilderness of destroyed dreams, traumatic human relationships and the difficulties of being a woman. As a male person, I must say this doesn't touch me. I think the book is pathetic, too sentimental. Not the worst of its kind, but I would never recommend it to a friend.