The Loved One

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Summary: Not good, but not all bad.
Review: What I didn't like about this book is that it takes up too much time trying to describe every single thing. The author spent so much time trying to create an image in my head that I sometimes got lost and can't remember what the story is about anymore. I like things straight to the point with just a little description on the environment. That's how I like it. Secondly, I didn't like how the book made fun of the funeral industry. I was brought up to have great respect for the dead, so this book offended me very much. But I do have something good to say about it. Other than all of the bad things I have said about this book, I truly enjoyed the story. All of the surprise twists was the only thing that kept me from throwing the book away. Also, I loved the poetry in the book. So to be tuly honest, I guess it wasn't all bad.

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Summary: THE MOST BORING BOOK I'VE EVER READ
Review: This book was incredibly boring. NOTHING AT ALL MADE SENSE!!! It's suppose to have a hard-to-get" type of funny but I found nothing in this book amusing. There really nothing much to say. They even misspelled words...on the first page... on the first line!!! Terrible editing!! I would never reccomend it. Who wants to read a book about death that tries to be funny is a stupid way!! Just Ironic!! My advice... Don't read it!

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Summary: A book thats slow at first but gets better
Review: The book The Loved One is a book that starts out slow and is very hard to understand. After the second or third chapter it speeds up and is better when it talks about the coroners and people they are dealing with. At first when I was thinking about typing this I was going to say, like most people that it was boring. I finally realized it was a pretty good book when I had finished it. I would recommend this book to many people.

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Summary: Humerous and Ironic
Review: The "Loved One" written by Evelyn Waugh was very humerous and ironic They make death sound like a big joke. This novel "The Loved One" was easily read, but some parts were hard to understand. Especially the dialouge and the vocabulary. I would recommend a dictionary to clarify some of the vocabulary. The characters in this book were some what hard to understand. You have to concentrate really good to understand the story. I recommend this book to readers who like ironic endings. To me this book was a whole new experience because it had so much humor and irony. Overall this book was okay.

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Summary: An Interesting Book
Review: I found this book to be beyond boring and dull during the beginning. But as the story progressed, it became interesting and it changed my views on reading. Now I like to read and I learned that reading is important to my education. I hope many students read this book. Thank you.

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Summary: The Loved one was a story of love with a very ironic ending.
Review: This story was very hard on its characters especialy Mr. Dennis Barlow who lost his friend and his fiancee .Im not saying that he is the only one to be hit by tragedy inthe novel ,because Mr Joyboy also lost his fiancee who ironicly was also Dennis Barlows loved one.But then of course both of those guys get to live through the story while Miss Thanatogenos committs suicide all because she could not pick between two men to marry.

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Summary: it was very interesting,and very educational for us readers.
Review: it is about two lovers that find it difficult to love one another with the appearance of a young english poet named denis barlow.this bizarre triangle is played out against an ironic and macabre backdrop:a full service funeral home for hollywood`s departed greats called whispering glades ,and a pet cemetery happier hunting gronds both final resting places for deceased loved ones.

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Summary: A love line between three people two guys and a girl.
Review: The Auther of the book puts alot of details in the book. This book was about JoyBoy and Barlow in love with the same girl. JoyBoy is an ultimate embalmer. He is also somewhat holy. Aimee Thanayogenos crematorium cosmetician knows that JoyBoy loves her. When their romance is complicatedby the apperance of a young English poet named Dennis Barlow. So when Barlow falls in love with Aimee she knows that both of the two guys like her. Finally she kills herself by a leathal injection and JoyBoy kills himself to.

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Summary: This story, though promising, leaves somewhat expectation.
Review: This story is a very fictional book. The characters, as they were suppose to be, unrealistic, and therefore are a bit unorganized. This makes the story less interesting. It also needs a more continous flow to better understand the plot. And as an outcome, this story is not taken as a comedy. You can't identify all the wit and irony it tells. It is funny, but not as much as it should. Yet it does have a great plot and well written story lines. Other than that, it doesn't do that much more.

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Summary: i didn't find the book humourous or satirical.
Review: i didn't enjoy reading this book. i didn't find it to be a satire on either the burial industry or hollywood. i feel the book didn't live up to the reviews on the back of it. it was neither a laugh out loud satire or a vicious comedy. it was also somewhat confusing at times because of the over use of adjectives to describe settings. after reading this book i will probably never read one of his books again, unless required. though slim it read slowly and seemed longer than the hundred plus pages it was. overall i wouldn't recommend this book to any others than his fans.