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Summary: a moving but depressing book
Review: The characters are engrossing, and it was a very deep, thoughtful book. I suppose I enjoyed it, but there is a limit to how far one can enjoy a depressing book. In the beginning, you have hope for the characters; but by the end, Carson shows how futile human existence is. Mr.singer is clearly supposed to represent Jesus, and his Greek friend some version of a Buddha. I thought it was intriging how Singer, while the vessal for redemtion and emotional relief for others, never finds his own personal haven. Even Mick, the "heroine" of the story leaves us with a depressed and unfufilling end of things left undone. The story is well written, and well worth the read, but is so bleak that I will probably not read it again. However, it is worthwhile to read at least once. The style is spectacular! -high school sophomore
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Summary: I hate this book!
Review: I thought it was very boring. We had to read this for our english class and our teacher kept saying how great this book was but i didnt like it at all. I thought it was the worst book i ever read. It doesnt deserve any stars
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Summary: Just because a book is depressing doesn't make it profound
Review: This may have been the worst book I ever read. The plot went nowhere, the characters were flat, and the style was childish. Deserves 0 stars
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Summary: Doesn't even deserve 1 star
Review: I don't understand how people found this book excellent and interesting. But then again some people might not understand how I found this book totally boring, uninteresting and depressing. This book is far from a Classic and deserves NO STARS.
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Summary: The most wonderful book ever written.
Review: I am a high school senior that had to read this book as a final project. It has become my favorite book. Everyone has or will have a point in life when they are either misunderstood or when they just feel lonely. This book help me to realize that I was lonely, and it caused me to do something about it. Everyone has something that they care not to share and that was what this book was about,people with problems, like normal Americans.I believe that every high school student should read this book and then compare and contrast it to their lives. This could stop all the violence in our schools. I will be entering college next year with a new feel on life. I was Mick and Singer, and I believe that Mick overcame her loneliness, but Singer realized that people are selfish(by the way they came to him with their problems but never asked about his.)and that he will never have a chance to pour out his enter most feelings to anyone and that is why he committed suicide. I really enjoyed what is now my favorite book. Read this book and know who you really are.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: What an eloquent, excellent, beautiful book. I can't say enough good things about it. When you start really getting into this book, which could take a while for some, you simply are engulfed by it, completely submerged into it's slow and subtle, sad spell. It highlights a certain aspect of human struggle with such poignancy that you find yourself wanting to fight right along with the characters. Beautiful.
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Summary: An eloquent look into lonely souls
Review: This book continues to move me so; I find myself re-reading it on an almost annual basis. The genius of the book is the gradual revelation that Singer -- whom the chararaters have with a sort of moral authority -- is really a flawed and empty person himself. The pace at which that information is revealed may not suit everyone, but the slow unravelling of the story only adds to the impact of the revelation when it ultimately comes.I'm glad to hear that a few English teachers are still assiging it (obviously to the protestations of some of their students)!
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Summary: This Book has so little
Review: excitement that I felt like a zombie reading it. I struggled mercifully to finish it, and when I did I wasn't at all satisfied. The book is incredibly boring, and is NO CLASSIC! I think that this book has its moments but other than that it is horrible. I was forced to read this by my English teacher. How cruel!!!
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Summary: A fine work by Carson McCullers!
Review: The Heart is A Lonely Hunter, Carson McCuller's first published novel, is a success in the eyes of the critics and in my own. She creates a world in which the reader will become engrossed and anxious to learn more about the well-developed characters, from the heroine Mick Kelly, to the God-like John Singer, to the rugged Jake Blount, to the sad Antonapolous. McCullers creates a beautiful story where the characters each fight their own personal battles as well as the universal battle of loneliness. I enjoyed this book greatly. The works of McCullers continue to amaze me!
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Summary: This book is Boring
Review: First of all this book is something that shouldn't even be forced onto someone to read. The book is way to slow to grab someones attention. I love to read everything, but this book in one word is bad. It took me about 4 or 5 weeks to force myself to read it.
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