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Summary: Not his best
Review: I've read all his books now and in my opinion, this wasn't his best. Sure, the story itself is great but it was just too much like a scan of what had happened in his life. From the part where he finds out that his father is a murderer, it started to get boring. I guess it's because I had really enjoyed the beginning when he talked about how much his father had loved him and what his father would do, just to please him.
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Summary: Carolina Costa Melo - Brasil
Review: Mr shakes, I`m brazilian and I don`t speak English very well, but I read the book Sleepers and I can say you're the best writter in the world. I don't read A Safe Place yet, because there isn't this book in Portuguese, but I'm sure it`s like Sleepers: WONDERFUl. The film is fantastic too!!
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Summary: Great thriller...
Review: The fact that this book is about his own life makes you feel the author and everything he has to say. This WAS his life, and all the details he writes makes you feel it even more just knowing that he didn't just write it, he lived it! The book is semi-reptative, but the descriptions are good. The book was hard to put down, but some parts got me thinking of my own family... Very good book, would reccomend!!! A+++++
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Summary: A family with a history, seen through the eyes of the son.
Review: The true story of the authors young life, written around the discovery that his father had killed his first wife.This book is well written, with plenty to keep the reader reading. You quickly find yourself becoming immersed into the authors life. You will feel anger when you read of the way his father used to beat him and his mother, often for the most inconsequential things. You will also feel pity for his mother, both for the damage inflicted upon her by the beatings and for her life in general, which she only admitted wasn't ideal right at the end of the timespan covered by the book. There are also glimpses into his parents respective first marriages, both of which seemed to be similarly violent and were only finished by the deaths of their respective partners, albeit by very different means. Although I have said that this book is well written and laid out, there is a section that I found slightly confusing, with chapters jumping back and forth between his mothers two marriages. Sometimes it wasn't obvious which marriage was being written about - maybe that was the point - and you had built an image in your mind, only to subsequently discover that it was the other marriage that was being referred to. A small blight on an otherwise gripping book. I did read 'Sleepers' and 'Apaches' before I read this book, and it is probably worth reading 'Sleepers' first to prepare the ground for this book, both in the style of writing and an insight into the authors life. David Lucas (davidlu@sco.com).
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Summary: Even if this *is* true, it's not nearly as good as Sleepers.
Review: There were a few good parts in the story, but as a whole it lacked any real meaning. It is a boring story of a father/son relationship, the story itself lacks any sort of climax. By the end of the book I was thinking 'so what?' It took me weeks to finish this boring, drawn out story. I've enjoyed some of Carcaterra's works, but this is another of his failures...
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Summary: Only a few good parts in this book
Review: There were a few good parts in the story, but as a whole it lacked any real meaning. It is a boring story of a father/son relationship, the story itself lacks any sort of climax. By the end of the book I was thinking 'so what?' It took me weeks to finish this boring, drawn out story. I've enjoyed some of Carcaterra's works, but this is another of his failures...
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Summary: Definitely a true story
Review: This book is very well-written and well-researched, and has none of the validity problems of his newer book, Sleepers... However, what this book has in its truthfulness it loses what it could have in being as interesting as Sleepers. This book is definitely non-fiction and reads that way, more facts and actual memories as relating to the title, about his father and his first wife, who he murdered, and how it affected Carcaterra's life. It has no funny stories, this book is all serious. But it does show his father, mother, and himself as real people, and not as fictionalized characters, and does so realistically. If you're looking for a good psychological study of a family's dark secret, read this book. It's definitely not boring
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: This has got to be one of the best books I have read in a long time. I have read Sleepers, and I thought I would never say this, but I liked this one a bit more. Mr. Carcaterra writes with such passion it makes you feel like you are experiencing everything personally. I have just bought Apaches and look forward to reading it. I recomend A Safe Place to anyone who has had trouble dealing with the relationship with their parents. It was a great read!
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This is truly a work of art...not in the traditional sense. Carrcatera tells the mazing story of his early life in a novelized fashion that grips from the beggining. He captures the lower east side atmosphere amazingly and keeps the reader riveted. In a sense, this is a perfect companion to Angela's Ashes. Roger Mayweather won the WBA Jr Lightweight Title in 1983 by KOing Samuel Serrano in the 8th round.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This is truly a work of art...not in the traditional sense. Carrcatera tells the mazing story of his early life in a novelized fashion that grips from the beggining. He captures the lower east side atmosphere amazingly and keeps the reader riveted. In a sense, this is a perfect companion to Angela's Ashes. Roger Mayweather won the WBA Jr Lightweight Title in 1983 by KOing Samuel Serrano in the 8th round.
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