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Summary: Great Book
Review: I'm in grade 9, and I had to read this book from it's cover it looked interesting but when I started reading it it's story was very slow and I thought it would be boring. But when I kept on reading it, and it got really interesting. I was glad that I didn't quit in the beginning when I thought it was boring. It was the most intersting and amazing book I ever read. I'm looking forward to reading other books writen by John Wyndham. I think he's a great author who has writen some amazing books.
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Summary: Good Book!
Review: Okay, I like so many of you others out there had to read this book for my grade 10 english class. And I absolutely dislike sci-fi. However, this book is very thought provoking. I really don't understand all those people out there who are complaining. So you were forced to read it, and you didn't like it, but don't go ruining someone else's day because of it. There is one review on here from a grade 6 and a grade 8 who read this book. They liked it! I recommend this to even people who don't like science fiction. If you're interested the book actually provides a lot of thought provoking ideas. Read this book, it'll be one you remember.
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Summary: Excellent, beyond Excellent!
Review: I am a grade 10 student and was recently asked to read "The Chrysalids". Judging by the front cover, I figured I would hate the book. However, I really enjoyed it. I would not say it's my favourite book, but it is a very well written, intresting and exciting novel. I got very in the book and had trouble putting it down. For all of U people who don't like it, that is fine. It is your own opinion, but try reading it again. You may actually enjoy it, seeing as though it is a GREAT story!
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Summary: An Unforgettable Book
Review: I read this book many years ago and I've never been able to forget it.My search has ended because I've found people who've read this book and i didn't just imagine it. It's a great book to read. Even though it depicts a scene in the future, it shows the attitudes that people have towards those who look different and the extent to which people are willing to go in order to keep themselves 'pure'. The book certainly gives one a new perspective on the differences between us. It's a definite read!
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Summary: Just what is human anyway?
Review: It appears people still do not understand what the author is trying to say in this novel. It is not a "mutant vs human" struggle but a questioning of the meaning of the word 'human'. Is it the physical form or how one thinks that defines what a human is? That said, this is excellently written and a very satisfying story.
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Summary: whomever hates this book, u must be very dumb in the head
Review: i read many reviews saying this book is dumb, but i guess thats just how dumb people think. this book tells a very good story about "mutants" vs "humans" i loved this book, a very well written book by John Wyndham. I recommend this book for anyone in highschool or older. i felt disgusted reading those reviews saying this book was bad, obviously they dont really realize a good book when they read one. i says its "a must read book" if u were to choose a book during your lifetime to read.
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Summary: The Chrysalids
Review: I really loved this book. Unfortunately, I later found out that it is the follow up to a trilogy. It was still a good representative to the previous two. The story presumably takes place in Labrador, Canada as "Newf" is the island nearby. After the apocolypse comes as 'Tribulation' the scattered pockets of humans work hard to uphold God's own image. However, nobody knows what this image is. Consequently the government condones the destruction or banishment of deviations from God's own image. The moral is that stupidity breeds in high quantities and that those who fear new things lash out agains them. If you liked this book, I would also recomend The Giver by Lois Lowry. It is somewhat along the same line, but without the religious overtones.
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Summary: John Wyndham
Review: That is good book for high school Students
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Summary: A Great Book
Review: This is a great book. I have just, this afternoon, finished readind it for school. And I can say this is one of a few great books that I have ever read. There are only two really. (Good Ones that is. Not ones that I have read.) If you are into science fiction, or even if you are not this is the book for you. No huge space battles, no complex things like what they mumble about on Star Trek nothing but a great read. If You liked this I suggest you read: Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card as well as the sequals to Ender's game.
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Summary: Wyndham's best
Review: Something that really intrigues me about this book is that no-one has written a sequel to it, whereas in fact, this is what the ending is crying out for. I remember reading that one reviewer notes that the Sealand Woman is superior-acting, and this is very much the case, but it is possible to read into this a certain amount of facetiousness, Wyndham puts words into her mouth, but he does not necessarily agree with her high-handedness. This does not eliminate the fact that there is a certain amount of 'Deus ex machina' about a woman ascending from the skies to rescue them. I think, in fact, if I were Davie, Rosalind and Petra I would have second thoughts about leaping aboard this helicopter to go off to an unknown land, but then, what choice do they have? Anyway, I've messed around with my own sequel to the Chrysalids, drawing on the fact that Michael is still alone in Waknuk, and the new experiences faced by Davie, Rosalind and Petra in Sealand, (presumably New Zealand). Anybody interested in doing some co-writing feel free to contact me.
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