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Summary: Totally Captivating
Review: Based upon an actual event in history I was swept away, brought into the web of this story, constantly wanting to read on to what was next and what I expected did not happen, great ending!!!
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Summary: Highs and Lows
Review: Brilliant description of the harbor explosion and its historical impact. Some great character background and a strong narrative. The priest is just too pathetic a character to draw much sympathy--others fare little better, but despite the chaos, the book is still interesting. Biggest letdown is the tendency to instill too much 1990s self-asorption, psycho-babble, me me me mentality into a different era in history, when the outlook and lives of people were quite different than they are in the North America of today. Still, a more appealling work overall than most of the fiction I've run across the last 10 years.
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Summary: Highs and Lows
Review: Brilliant description of the harbor explosion and its historical impact. Some great character background and a strong narrative. The priest is just too pathetic a character to draw much sympathy--others fare little better, but despite the chaos, the book is still interesting. Biggest letdown is the tendency to instill too much 1990s self-asorption, psycho-babble, me me me mentality into a different era in history, when the outlook and lives of people were quite different than they are in the North America of today. Still, a more appealling work overall than most of the fiction I've run across the last 10 years.
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Summary: ONE OF THE MOST TOUCHING STORIES I'VE READ IN YEARS!!
Review: This book I cannot recommend enough!!! My interest in "BURDEN OF DESIRE" was first kindled when I heard Mr. MacNeil talk about the 1917 Halifax tragedy on National Public Radio a few years ago. I was intrigued because I had never heard of this tragedy before. Then around Christmastime, I bought and read "BURDEN OF DESIRE". I became so wrapped up in the lives of the main characters (each of whom Mr. MacNeil creates with a full-bodied and multi-dimensional personality) that I felt as if I were a fly on the wall, watching events unfold. I give Mr. MacNeil special kudos for the way he created the main female character. From the way he wrote this novel, you'll feel that it is a real woman confiding her inmost thoughts in her diary. On so many levels, this is a well-written and beautiful story. Read "BURDEN OF DESIRE" and savor it. You'll be glad that you did.
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Summary: ONE OF THE MOST TOUCHING STORIES I'VE READ IN YEARS!!
Review: This book I cannot recommend enough!!! My interest in "BURDEN OF DESIRE" was first kindled when I heard Mr. MacNeil talk about the 1917 Halifax tragedy on National Public Radio a few years ago. I was intrigued because I had never heard of this tragedy before. Then around Christmastime, I bought and read "BURDEN OF DESIRE". I became so wrapped up in the lives of the main characters (each of whom Mr. MacNeil creates with a full-bodied and multi-dimensional personality) that I felt as if I were a fly on the wall, watching events unfold. I give Mr. MacNeil special kudos for the way he created the main female character. From the way he wrote this novel, you'll feel that it is a real woman confiding her inmost thoughts in her diary. On so many levels, this is a well-written and beautiful story. Read "BURDEN OF DESIRE" and savor it. You'll be glad that you did.
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