The Loved One

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Summary: I Loved It!
Review: Being a fan of sarcasm, I particularly enjoyed Waugh's novel. Although the book had a slow start, I am glad that I didn't give up on it. I got a lot of laughs out of the plot and the characters. I have never been to California, nor do I know a lot about the 1940's, but I could still see where Waugh was coming from when he wrote this. It is an expression of the shallowness of America, especially in the film industry and the whole Hollywood/L.A. scene. However, we as Americans could also write many novels pointing out the faults of England. I just don't know if anyone could do it as well as Waugh did!

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Summary: If you like this book , then get the movie !!!!!!
Review: This is the one most strange and bizzare books I've ever read , but its very funny if you like dark humor and crazy plots its a must. Also if you can find the movie version of this book you'll go into a hobo's rant, but beware its really hard to find but worth every search engine dead end ! S.T.F. GR & EW

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Summary: dry wit
Review: The subject matter, and the authors irreverent style of writing appears to be a turn off to others who have read and reviewed this book. It strikes me that that is EXACTLY what Mr. Waugh sought to evoke from his readership. He could easily have chosen a more "comfortable" subject and not have matter and not offended anyone. I challenge anyone to read this book and to do so with an open mind. Anyone who truly appreciates satire will appreciate the point of this novel.

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Summary: The book was very boring and slow reading.
Review: This book was a boring novel for young people. It was hard to sit and read any large number of pages at a time. The humor was very subtle most of the time and the jokes usually flew right over my head. It was very descriptive about the time and place but very vague about most of the names and characters. Towards the end of the novel things started picking up and everything was clearer and made more sense. The plot of this book was very odd and peculiar.

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Summary: i think thee book was very slow
Review: i think the book had a good ending but a slow start so their for i was bored at the first couple chapters . the book had funny names and it had a good setting. but that book was written in the 1940`s. So i couldnt relate to this

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Summary: This book was not interesting
Review: I thought this book was not very interesting. It did not keep my attention, and it was hard for me to follow a long. I beleive the author did not explain the book well enough and went into detail on how the characters felt. If I would have understood what happened in the begining I would have got the whole plot of it. Again I did not like the book and would not recommend it to any one.

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Summary: I thought the book was a little slow but had a good plot.
Review: I liked the concept the book was trying to get across. The author did not do to good of a job at grabbing my attention. I only finished the book because I had to for school. Overall I did not think the book was that exciting. The book tried to display the exagerated possibility of not being able to make up your mind. The book needed a little more edge. The book could have been a best selled if it would of had a little more story to it.

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Summary: A Must to read if you do not need action and excitment.
Review: I found the book, "The Loved One" to be very amusing. Although, I struggled to stay focused on the plot and the story the author was trying to relate. I found myself getting frustrated and bored by how descriptive the author was at times, such as the first time Mr. Joyboy entered the funeral parlor. I realize that an author is trying to be very descriptive in order to bring the reader into the scene, although I needed less description and more action to keep my interest.

The book was amusing in the sense that it described a very dedicated individual who loved his work. Mr. Joyboy felt that he had to satisfy his customers even though they were dead. I felt the book took a turn for the better when Mr. Joyboy fell in love with the cosmetician (Aimee Thanatogenos). The book shows that all types of people in any possible place can find love.

In summary, this book will be worth reading to most people who enjoy a funny descriptive love story. I myself, at this point of my life, would rather read "Blade".

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Summary: humors
Review: From cover to cover, the book is hilarious. Evelyn Waugh's dry wit will really inspire laughter. Waugh's take on L.A. funeral industry is amazingly funny and creative. His use of location, irony, sarcasm, and a line-up of well developed characters, is evidence of his good writing abilities.

Set in Los Angeles, Waugh uses the funniest names for two distinct funeral businesses. First, for the humanly customer is "Whispering Glades". Secondly, he develops a pet cemetary called "Happier Hunting Grounds". In a morbid way, these two names will make you laugh. Waugh ironically and sarcastically uses a serious service, the funeral industry, to make a series of funny events that you wouldn't think happens. In one part, Mr. Joyboy, the funeral director of Whispering Glades, fixes a smile on a corpse in order to show his female cosmotician that he likes her.

If you like dry humor, sarcastic wit, and great characters, The Loved One is a must read. In fact, I give it four stars and recommend it as a best seller. Waugh hilarious style of writing will leave you wanting to read more of his works.

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Summary: It was a pretty boring book
Review: The book was a pretty boring book. It was about cemeteries and I think cemeteries to me would be creepy and it also made fun of the dead. How they put facial expressions on them. And the title of the book should be something else because id someone hasn't read it before they would think it's a love story. Now that's my opinion of the book.