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Summary: Fantastic!!
Review: A must read for anyone interested in gaining an insight into the evolution of the Mexican Culture.
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Summary: excellent on many levels
Review: As a 1st time Michener reader, I loved Mexico. Michener weaves a story that is at once a tour-de-force of bullfighting, a sweeping panarama of Mexican history, an apologetic of the Mexican psyche for (typically) arrogant North Americans, and an exploration of the purpose of life for a middle aged Mexican-American journalist. It is a credit to Michener's art that he can pull off all that in a seemless and gripping read.
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Summary: Hope you like bullfighting
Review: I have read many Michener novels, and enjoyed almost all of them. 'Mexico', however, is terrible.If you set out to read this slow-moving behemoth, then you'd better *really* like bullfighting. There are just so many long and boring sections on the topic. It was such a struggle to get through it all. The early parts on Aztec culture were fine, but after that I almost needed to tape my eyelids open. Talk about dull and dry. I couldn't wait for it to finish. If you are tempted to read this book, slap yourself a few times and go and get 'Alaska' or 'Chesapeake' instead. Please.
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Summary: The Land of Mexico in a Nutshell
Review: I have read many of Michcner's books and found many style similarities with this one as well. Unlike Chesapeake, and Centennial, and Texas, and others, we spend more time in the present (1960s) looking at the current events surrounding the three-day Festival of Flowers and its bull fights, and a bit less looking at the historical pathways leading up to it. My favorite aspect of Michener books is the historical parts which is why I only gave this book 4 of 5 stars. The characters are definitely multi-dimensional, however, and Michener ties in all timelines of the novel well. I was left with a much greater insight into the psyche of the Mexican people. An overall excellent read.
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Summary: Riveting tale of old Mexico -- brought to life
Review: I read this during a two-week vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. If you're in to Michener, it won't disappoint you. His details are overwhelming to some, but I love the pictures he paints. The thread through history kept me attracted to the main characters -- flaws and all. The story is great, and although never having seen a bull fight, I feel I now know the "feel" of what a great bull fight would be like. It's definitely worth your time.
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Summary: A Painful Read!
Review: I've read Michener before--I loved "Hawaii," for instance, and really got a sense of place for Hawaii after reading that. But this doesn't do Mexico justice. It's mostly about bullfighting. And that would be okay, I guess, if it were an ENGAGING story about bullfighting, but it's not! Getting through it is an exercise in drudgery. Finally I gave up on the bulls and turned to the parts about ancient Mexico, but these, too, didn't do the true story justice. He shows the savagery of human sacrifices but then makes it all politically correct by adding two characters who are AGAINST that sort of thing, and then making them the ancestors of the book's narrator. I love Mexico. I actually like Michener's works. But this was a thoroughly disappointing read.
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Summary: Good, not great.....
Review: If this wasn't Michener, I may have given it 3 stars.....The story was great, a little long and there were parts that should have been left out, but very interesting.....I learned a lot about mexican history, bullfighting and the relationship between mexico and the u.s.
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Summary: Michener doesn't disappoint
Review: In the book Mexico, Michener paints a picture so vivid you feel you are living the life of those you are reading about. Whether you see the horrible sacrifaces or the amazing art of bull fighting you see a perfect picture. This book is not the usually style of Michener. This time he wrote most of the book in the first person and also switches between past and present. To me it was a nice refreshing change of pace. All in all Mexico is a great book for anyone to read. Even though it isn't Michener's best (in my opionion) it is still in the very near top for great books I have read. I recommend this to anyone who likes to read.
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Summary: A great novel ruined by ridiculous characters
Review: Like most of his books, Mexico is very well-researched and full of historical information and factoids that make for the most interesting parts of the novel. Also, like most of his novels, Mexico is full of ridiculously heroic characters that drag the book down into Michener purgatory. The story goes from fascinating glimpses into Aztec culture and rituals to stories of bullfighters who, while eating dinner, 'wield a fork in the graceful manner that only a matador could'. It's during these sections that you ask yourself why you're wasting your time reading this, but usually the historical stories of the land and cultures reach you just in time to grab your interest and force you to continue reading, albeit at times rather regrettably.
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Summary: not for me
Review: Mexico as seen by a "wasp" anti-Catholic gringo who doesn't get it.
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