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Summary: It may have been predictable, but it was still a great story
Review: I LOVED this book. It is a quick read because you can not put it down. A tragic story that makes you feel.
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Summary: Emotionally thrilling
Review: This was the first novel that I've read by Anita Shreve and I will definitely be picking up more in the future. The best part of this novel was the emotional content. I admit, I found the ending a little hard to swallow and some aspects of the story a bit weak, yet it had such a tight grip on my heartstrings that it seemed to downplay the faults. Shreve masterfully portrays heartbreak and grief on every page. For anyone who has ever lost a loved one, this book can probably describe every step in the healing process. Shreve wisely uses flashbacks periodically through the book to give a glimpse of events that led up to Jack's death. These glimpses into Kathryn's past really bring her story to life. Even though there are alot of dark feelings in this work, it's not only about the darkness of death. It successfully conveys the hope and light of life as it unfolds toward the future.
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Summary: Fast Paced Read
Review: This is a great book, although somewhat predictable. It is a frightening subject -- taking into question how well we know certain people. It is well written, and is hard to put down. It is one that is haunting, compelling, and poignant. Anita Shreve is a talented writer and this book portrays that.
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Summary: Predictable schmaltz
Review: I recognize that there are good elements to this book: it's obvious that Anita Shreve knows how to write, and it was easy to imagine scenes and characters from her descriptions. It was the STORY that stunk. It was a boring, obvious, predictable story that only a Harlequin reader would have been entranced by. ...
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Summary: so predictable
Review: i wasn't used to this author when i read this book so i didn't know what to expect. now my perception of shreve's writing style is not great. there was a lot detail focused on the story's environment, instead of on the story itself. one can see the next step coming from a mile away. i rated it with 2 stars b/c 1 star seemed unnecessarily ruthless. but hey, it's all subjective anyway: some readers loved it.
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Summary: Intriguing plot
Review: Whilst I would not consider this high-brow literature, nor necessarily a book I would remember forever, I nevertheless could not put "The Pilot's Wife" down until the very end. I was kept in complete anticipation of what would happen next, gripped by the tension Shreve skillfully maintained in the plot. In conventional terms, death tends to provoke grieving and gradual acceptance of loss. It often forces us to question what the deceased truly meant to us in order to enable us to come to terms with how our lives will be redefined as a result of the loss. In "The Pilot's Wife", Kathryn's husband is redefined to a degree noone could anticipate. The death of Jack Lyons, the pilot, provokes the discovery of his startlingly plausible, double life. Alongside his widow, we rediscover Jack after his death, which leaves him powerless to defend himself. At the outset of the novel, the reader is led into what was Kathryn's happy marriage and peaceful, if sometimes lonely life as the wife of a pilot; all of which is turned upside down in the light of her husband's death. As she forces herself to follow through investigations to the extreme, she slowly uncovers the new identity of the man to whom she had been married for some sixteen years; a man whom we gradually learn to have lived in another world, with other responsibilities, responsibilities he had obviously believed he could handle .......... The suspense of the plot, alongside the characterisation of Kathryn, the heroine of the novel, are wonderfully enticing. Shreve positions the reader so emotionally close to Kathryn that we share in her determination to discover the truth every step of the way. With her we unquestioningly sense the importance of understanding the truth in order to lay her memory of her husband to rest once and for all.
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Summary: Intriguing plot
Review: I could not put "The Pilot's Wife" down until the very end. I was kept in complete anticipation of what would happen next, gripped by the tension Shreve skillfully maintained in the plot. In conventional terms, death tends to provoke grieving and gradual acceptance of loss. It often forces us to question what the deceased truly meant to us in order to enable us to come to terms with how our lives will be redefined as a result of the loss. In "The Pilot's Wife", Kathryn's husband is redefined to a degree noone could anticipate at the outset. The death of Jack Lyons, the pilot, provokes the discovery of his startlingly plausible, double life. Alongside his widow, we rediscover Jack after his death, which leaves him powerless to defend himself. At the outset of the novel, the reader is led into what was Kathryn's happy marriage and peaceful, if sometimes lonely life as the wife of a pilot; all of which is turned upside down in the light of her husband's death. As she forces herself to follow through investigations to the extreme, she slowly uncovers the new identity of the man to whom she had been married for some sixteen years; a man whom we gradually learn to have lived in another world, with other responsibilities, responsibilities he had obviously believed he could handle .......... The suspense of the plot, alongside the characterisation of Kathryn, the heroine of the novel, are wonderfully enticing. Shreve positions the reader so emotionally close to Kathryn that we share in her determination to discover the truth every step of the way. With her we unquestioningly sense the importance of understanding the truth in order to lay her memory of her husband to rest once and for all.
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Summary: Somewhat predictable
Review: I usually enjoy Anita Shreve novels, but I found 'The Pilot's Wife' a little flat - lacking in energy. The story was prdictable and lacked any sense of either mystery, intrigue or suspense. Having said that, however, it was still an enjoyable read and, as with all Shreve novels, was well written and well executed. The flashbacks between Kathryn Lyon's search for the truth and her life with her deceased husband were well presented and gave a worthwhile effect to an otherwise mundane story.
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Summary: A good Shreve novel
Review: This was the first Shreve novel I read back about a year and a half ago. I was thoroughly enthralled in this novel and the womans journey through her husband's life. I would recommend reading this novel.
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Summary: The Pilot;s Wife
Review: This book was intriguing. I could not put it down. The way the plot unfolded was quite brilliant.
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