The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

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Summary: It sucked!
Review: I had to read this book for school. It was rather boring. The only parts I liked was about Mick Kelly, and nothing ever even happend to her. But, it is easy to trace the pattern of lonliness throughout the book. Anyway, if you are reading it for fun, you've got to be REAL BORED!!!

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Summary: Oh my, but this is a depressing read!
Review: I really can't see why this is considered to be a classic. The characters don't grow, they don't chance for good or bad. They never get outside themselves, and nothing ever happens. Can someone explain the point of all this to me?

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Summary: I didn't understand this book!
Review: I'll admit that this book was interesting, but I didn't know where the author was going with it. I had to read this book for English so I could write a speech about it on whether or not it's a classic. I don't know what I will write since I really don't know what it's themes are. I could not relate to the characters very much. I don't know anyone like these people! What I saw were a bunch of losers who had their problems, but they didn't didn't try to help themselves! Mr. Singer was the most promising character in the book, but he killed himself! I was very disappointed! I guess this book made me realize that I have little problems in comparison to them. Don't read this book unless you are an expert on finding themes!

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Summary: not the best book to research, but definetly worth plowing t
Review: I would not recommend this book to anybody who does not enjoy reading for the sole joy of it.(If you are forced to read it, you'll hate it) i read it because it was here with me and i like to read, and lo and behold it became my honors research paper. Not a big adventure novel, but it impressed me.

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Summary: its one of the best books i've ever read
Review: i had to read it for school, but it turned out to actually be pretty good. i love how mccullers can completely relate and explain the human condition of solitude, lonliness, and hope. Her writing is more like a feeling than just words on a paper.

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Summary: This is a great book to put a person to sleep!
Review: This book put me to sleep before I could even finish a chapter. I don't think that it had anything to do with a real persons daily life. Overall I hated the book and it was the most boring book I ever read!!!

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Summary: Beautiful, Wonderful Book
Review: BORING?!?! Good heavens. I read this book years ago (in high school) and I loved it. I re-read it recently, and found it even more beautiful. It takes us to the meaning of loneliness and love in ways that other books don't. If you can appreciate works that pack a lot of meaning into the limited actions of characters (It's not a thriller, gang) and ask the reader to associate rather than merely see, you'll love this book. My favorite book is a toss up between this and To Kill a Mockingbird.

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Summary: I thought the book was insightful and also depressing.
Review: I read this book because it was voted in the top 100 of all time. I'm trying to expand on the kind of popular fiction I usually read. While I found the book insightful and well-written, it was very depressing. I kept waiting for something "good" to happen to somebody. I did think the book's various plots were remarkable for its time (1940).

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Summary: A Book That Is Boring At Times But Is Also True To Life
Review: I read this book because my friend told me that reading it completely changed her life. Of course, she says that about every book she likes, but even so, I was curious. For starters, the book is NOT easy to understand. And it IS boring at times. The narrative skips from person to person, which can be confusing, but is actually good since it gives you the chance to see the same events from five different points of view. The characters are John Singer, a deaf mute, Mick, a teenage girl, Biff Brannon, a restaurant owner, Dr. Copeland, a black doctor, and Jake Blount, a drunken radical. The story takes place in a little southern town in the 1930's. These characters are not all friends. In a lesser novel they would be. But in this book, they hardly know each other. But they share two important things in common--they all are lonely outcasts, and they all confide in John Singer. However, even though they all spend so much time with John Singer, they no absolutely nothing about his personal life. And even though John Singer spends so much time listening to them, sometimes he doesn't understand what they're talking about.... It's also true to life in that the characters all have so much in common, yet they never really connect.

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Summary: disappointing
Review: This book was boreing to read because it did not follow a definite plot line and skipped from person to person. I didnt know what was happening or who it was happening to. It was a chore to read instead of a pleasure.