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Summary: Hard to put down
Review: I really found this book hard to put down. Good story line, great characters, good golf content, and enough action to keep you riveted. An easy and great read.
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Summary: Hard to put down
Review: I really found this book hard to put down. Good story line, great characters, good golf content, and enough action to keep you riveted. An easy and great read.
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Summary: I want to be a teenager again
Review: I want to be a teenager again after reading this book.
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Summary: A COMPLETE TREASURE
Review: It is a pleasure from beginning to end. Once you start reading this book, you will have a difficult time putting it down. I did not want it to end! This is one of the best books I have ever read. I can't wait for the movie!!!!!!!!
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Summary: A COMPLETE TREASURE
Review: It is a pleasure from beginning to end. Once you start reading this book, you will have a difficult time putting it down. I did not want it to end! This is one of the best books I have ever read. I can't wait for the movie!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Stand by Me meets Tin Cup
Review: This book is fun to read and impossible to put down. The characters were so vivid it reminded me of my own hometown. I found myself laughing all the way through and mesmerized by the descriptive detail. I was just sorry when it was over. This book would make a great movie.
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Summary: Stand by Me meets Tin Cup
Review: This is just a well-written book on adolescence in small Oklahoma community. I as the other reviewers was entranced by the book, couldn't put it down. Devoured it in two days. Great finish, and one that didn't leave me cold or wandering or even wanting more about the characters lifes, due to the Epilogue.It's about a group of guys who grow up together and eventually happen to win the state golf tournament. Intertwined in this is their love life, expectations, and the fluid-raunchy mouth of one Peachy. Fascinated by the interjection at many points of faith or lack of towards God, and ending up of Jay. Loved every minute. I too hope Hollingsworth writes more like this.
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Summary: Flatbellies but No Flat Writing! An Eagle of a Golf Book!
Review: This is just a well-written book on adolescence in small Oklahoma community. I as the other reviewers was entranced by the book, couldn't put it down. Devoured it in two days. Great finish, and one that didn't leave me cold or wandering or even wanting more about the characters lifes, due to the Epilogue. It's about a group of guys who grow up together and eventually happen to win the state golf tournament. Intertwined in this is their love life, expectations, and the fluid-raunchy mouth of one Peachy. Fascinated by the interjection at many points of faith or lack of towards God, and ending up of Jay. Loved every minute. I too hope Hollingsworth writes more like this.
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Summary: Good Coming of Age Story
Review: This story reminded me to Stephen King's Stand By Me or Lorenzo Carcaterra's Sleepers. All are stories about a group of four teenagers who use their relationship with each other to survive the pains of growing up in the 1960;s. Where Stand By Me was grounded upon the kids' search for a dead body and Sleepers was located in a juevenile detention facility, Flatbellies is located in a sleepy Oklahoma town and the boys are the members of the local golf team. I found that I could sympathize with the storyteller, Chipper DeHart, who cares less about his own scores than whether the team can progress to the championship. You definitely want to see both the team and Chipper succeed, both on and off the course. The only real problem that I had with the book was that some of the characters seemed a little bit too stereotypical, particulary the teen wonder, Jay Justice, who combines good looks, athletic ability, and a photographic memory into a package that is just a bit too good to be true. If asked whether I wanted to spend a round golfing with Jay or the rebel from the other town, Smokey Ray Divine, I guess I'd have to take the later. Overall, I really liked the book and look forward to see if Hollingsworth has another story to tell.
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Summary: Good Coming of Age Story
Review: This story reminded me to Stephen King's Stand By Me or Lorenzo Carcaterra's Sleepers. All are stories about a group of four teenagers who use their relationship with each other to survive the pains of growing up in the 1960;s. Where Stand By Me was grounded upon the kids' search for a dead body and Sleepers was located in a juevenile detention facility, Flatbellies is located in a sleepy Oklahoma town and the boys are the members of the local golf team. I found that I could sympathize with the storyteller, Chipper DeHart, who cares less about his own scores than whether the team can progress to the championship. You definitely want to see both the team and Chipper succeed, both on and off the course. The only real problem that I had with the book was that some of the characters seemed a little bit too stereotypical, particulary the teen wonder, Jay Justice, who combines good looks, athletic ability, and a photographic memory into a package that is just a bit too good to be true. If asked whether I wanted to spend a round golfing with Jay or the rebel from the other town, Smokey Ray Divine, I guess I'd have to take the later. Overall, I really liked the book and look forward to see if Hollingsworth has another story to tell.
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