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Summary: Pretty BAD
Review: I read this book for my school assignment, and all I have to say is that it's the worst book I have ever read, so don't read, if not forced, everything is repeated over and over
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Summary: Fantastic Baseball Story
Review: So much better than the movie! Shoeless Joe is a wonderful story about family, following your dreams, baseball, and what happens when your fantasy becomes reality. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Baseball as Embodied Myth
Review: ... . This is, in fact, a wonderful, imaginative, sensitively written novel about the lost dreams of the greatest player not in the Hall of Fame. It's also about the courage to pursue one's vision in this life even if people think you're a little wacky. I read "Shoeless Joe" 15 years ago and consider it on a par with Malmud's "The Natural" (another book I'm sure certain adolescent "reviewers" would find "pointless" and "repetitive"). If you like baseball and are open to a willing suspension of disbelief in the pursuit of a personal dream, you'll enjoy this novel.
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Summary: "Shoeless Joe" had hard time staying interesting
Review: Like many of the people here, I too had to read this novel for school. Never seeing the movie "Field of dreams", I didn't go into it already knowing the ending. 'Shoeless Joe' starts off like most novels, kinda slow. Unfortunally this makes the reader think that it will soon start to pick up and become an interesting novel. This is not so. The story drags on yanking the reader in different pointless directions. I have a book report due for this book tomorrow, and I'm only 3/4 way through the book. I have lost interest in it and have only made it as far as I have because we have to read it some days in engilsh class. Even then I have a hard time keeping my attention pointed to the novel. I always thought keeping the reader interested was a large part of writing a good novel, apparently I was wrong.
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Summary: Awesome, heartwarming story!!!!!!
Review: At first glance, Shoeless Joe appears to be a book about baseball. However, as you read on, you realize the author is using baseball, a game of magic to describe the beauty of everyday life. The way Ray Kinsella describes his family, his baseball field when its completed, baseball itself gives you a sense that the world is a beautiful thing. It is a book about magic, love, and realizing deep down who you are. Ray feels guilty about his fathers death and it is very emotional when they meet at the end. Even though it seems fanciful and all that, you still feel that it is real and the book allows YOU to believe in the magic of miracles. I recommend the movie, Field of Dreams as well because you can actually see everything happening as it becomes more real. My favorite part of the movie is when Ray says "Dad, do you want to have a catch?" and Ray and his father throw the baseball to and fro. Baseball is a game of legacy, a game that has lasted through the generations, that loves to be passed on from father to son. The book should definitely be read!!!!!!!
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Summary: I Don't Understand What He Trying To Say........
Review: I have to read it for my High School, and write a report about it. Even though I read it 3 times but I still don't understand what is he trying to tell me and what is he talking about. I just feel it is so FAKE....well it is Fiction after all.
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Summary: DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT READING THIS BOOK
Review: I HAD TO READ THIS BOOK FOR HIGH SCHOOL, IT IS THE WORST BOOK I EVER READ. ON EVERY PAGE THERE IS A SIMALE OR METAPHOR, IT JUST GETS SO REPETITIVE, AND THE PLOT IS JUST SO BORING AND POINTLESS. I JUST WONDER WAS THE AUTHOR DRUNK WHEN HE WROTE THIS PIECE OF GAARBAGE
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Summary: Great Read
Review: I had to read this book for school and I thought I would hate it because I hate baseball. As soon as I started reading this book I knew I would love it. This book is a must read even if you hate baseball.
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Summary: Perfect "Summer" Reading
Review: I first picked up this book about 15 years ago, and just recently read it again (I believe my third or fourth time overall). In Shoeless Joe, Kinsella has managed to capture all that baseball means to so many people. Anyone who has been touched by baseball at any level, whether watching little league, AAA or a major league game - or just having a catch - will be able to appreciate the messages found in this book. Read it in a shady spot in a park during a few long lunch hours with kids playing a game of baseball nearby. You'll begin to understand what Kinsella meant by "finding yourself in shirtsleeves on a perfect summer day with a reserved spot in the grandstands" [para].
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Summary: This book was much better than the movie
Review: I grew up in the midwest and loved baseball as a boy.This book has enhanced my fondest memories and has given me new hopes worth having.
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