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Summary: Timeless
Review: I am just about to finish Red Sky at Morning for the 5th or 6th time. Each time I read it, the book is as fresh as the first. The setting and time frame, although set in a particular era, do not date the story in any way. These characters could just as well be the teenagers and bigots of any period. Guaranteed to provoke fits of laughter and giving the reader gentle nudges about bigotry and other serious life lessons.Some of the characters are so true to life, while others are just buffoons, but all of them make the story hilarious and also very touching. This is a selection for our book club and I am anxious to hear other people's reactions to the book.
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Summary: Red Sky at Morning - a treasure
Review: I came across this novel by accident while trying to satisfy my daily addition, books on tape. Red Sky at Morning is a charming and humorous documentation of the complexity of teen years - the challenges of bullies, the development of sarcasm as a tool for pleasure and protection, the fear and anxiety of impending sexual maturity, and the bonding for long-lasting friendships. Richard Bradford kept me rivited and smiling. Only Mark Twain can claim a similar acheivement. This now part of my personal library to cherish again and again.
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Summary: Sailor take warning
Review: I first read RED SKY AT MORNING when I was 14, and immediately bonded with the teen age narrator, fatherless in a strange new world. The wry humor, sarcastic wit and evocation of a vanished, war time New Mexico all combine for a wonderful read. The only other book I enjoyed this much was Jackson McCrae's "The Children's Corner" which is also full of great writing and wonderful descriptions. I've reread RED SKY with great pleasure several times since (32 years and counting) and ordered a new copy for my 16 year old son. He read it and passed it along to his sister which I choose to interpret as an act of kindness, rather than the usual bantering siblings display. A fine book.
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Summary: pretty good
Review: I had to read this book for school, and when I first saw it, I thought it would be some boring book about the war. I'll admit, when I first started reading it, I thought it was kind of boring. But as I got into the story, it got more interesting. Josh cracked me up a lot because he is sarcastic as hell. I see a lot of people comparing this book to Catcher in the Rye... I would have to say that this book is better. To me, this had more of a meaning. Well, even if you're not into "real" literature or whatever, this book is still pretty funny. Reading about Josh insulting Jimbob is one of the best parts of the book. =P
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Summary: A great read
Review: I have re-read this story over and over for the past several years. I keep it on my bookshelf to remind me of it's importance to me. Mr. Bradford is a storyteller of the highest quality. I have spent a lot of time in the New Mexico Mountians where the story is set, and it's right on the mark. If you want to know what it is like to be in this part of America, then read this book.
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Summary: A great read
Review: I have re-read this story over and over for the past several years. I keep it on my bookshelf to remind me of it's importance to me. Mr. Bradford is a storyteller of the highest quality. I have spent a lot of time in the New Mexico Mountians where the story is set, and it's right on the mark. If you want to know what it is like to be in this part of America, then read this book.
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Summary: Well written but slow in places.
Review: I have to say I enjoyed the book. It's well written with good descriptive text and enjoyable characters. In some areas it is quite funny, particularly the "spanglish" uttered by some of the New Mexican natives. But it also lacks something in it's "coming of age" message, partially because it steers widely clear of the young man's sexuality and also at times makes him a little too courageous ... almost unbelievably willing to confront problems which a real teenager would not be able to deal with
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I just finished this book. Great story, great humor and all around great reading. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Rememberances
Review: I knew Richard Bradford when he was just out of Tulane University and I was married to one of his best friends. He claims this book not to be autobiographical but there are some similarities and I cannot help but believe that some of the adventures of he and Steenie are based on his friendship with my husband. The book is a masterpiece and I have read it often since it was first published in 1968. His second book "So Far from Heaven" is just as clever and regrettably impossible to find. "Red Sky at Morning" remains a classic.
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Summary: Absolutely one of my all-time favorites
Review: I still have my first "RIF" copy of "Red Sky at Morning." I've got it rubber-banded together because after about the fiftieth time I read it, the pages started falling out--and somewhere along the line, the cover was torn off--and it has a special place on my bookshelf, right next to my (rubber-banded) first copies of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "The Catcher in the Rye."
I've read it one million times (approximately), will no doubt read it a million more times. Excellent "rainy-day" book. Should be mandatory reading for anyone who has ever lived in New Mexico.
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