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Summary: Gripping.
Review: From the first page, I found this excellent, thought provoking book very hard to put down. The story begins with Katheryn, wife of a pilot, who hears a knocking on her door at 3 something in the morning. When the man at the door asks her if she is Mrs.... she falls. She knows her husband is dead. Anita Shreve, the author, so skilled...almost crazy glues the reader with Katheryn as she and her family swim in pain. You are with them as their life they once knew is crumbling...and all you can do is read...feel sickened and wanting the pain to end. Unfortunatly, the pain can only get worse. The plot thickens as revelations about her husband slowly come to her: each one worse than the previous. Finding his supposed dead mother..alive in a nursing home was only the beginning. I will not tell all the secrets..I will not wreck the story for you. The question you are left with is "Do you really anybody at all?" I strongly recomend this novel. Shreve can transport you into her world so well. Excellent work of fiction... Moving... Painfull.... This book had a profound affect on me.
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Summary: Intriguing...
Review: So the characters weren't as 3-dimensional as one might hope, and you're left with the distinct feeling that something is missing... Overall, the book is entertaining, and that's what matters. It held my attention from the very beginning, and I read it in record time. I would recommend it--I've already passed my copy along!
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Summary: YAWN...............
Review: I have to agree with many reviewers who ask..."How did this come to be an Oprah book?" It read like a boring afternoon soap opera. I guessed every step of the way...not really caring about these flat underdeveloped characters. When I was finished, my first question was "Was it REALLY possible that with ALL the authorities from many organizations working on the case (going through his belongings AND seizing his computer?)....the Pilots Wife unravels it all herself first? AND...after the short period from the time of the tragedy to the completion of the book...the author found that to be enough time to end the book with Kathryn actually caring about Muire's children? MAYBE in time...but c'mon! Gee...No stages of mourning for this wife, huh?
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Summary: I Never Would Have Guessed?
Review: Great easy read. Hard to put the book down, I really enjoyed the way the story unfolds. I wouldn't say it is the best book I have ever read, it was just a good read.
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Summary: Pilots wife
Review: Wonderful story with and intersestine plot.
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Summary: Once you pick this one up you'll never put it down...
Review: This book was WONDERFUL! The writing within all aspects of this truly intricate story were fabulous. The stark yet startlingly accurate descriptions of grief were excellent at bringing you inside the minds of the characters during those incredibly sensitive moments. It was also exciting to see the pace of the narrative change entirely as the plot twists began to be revealed. If you read books so that you can be transported into the story, this is a great choice for you!
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Summary: Great book after you get past the first 200 pages
Review: I found the first two hundred pages a bit tedious. Reading reviews, I knew it was about a shocking secret life and the journey of a woman to find out who her husband really was... Only the first two thirds of the book was all about the grieving process of loosing a husband and father. For me, I was waiting for the "good stuff". The story did take a good turn when we got to the last third of the book, keeping me on the edge of my seat to find out what would happen next. But I wanted to find out more of what made the husband tick... There were too many questions left unanswered, and perhaps that is the point of the story - we really don't know Jack Lyons. While that may be an interesting premise, it makes for a lousy novel. And I have no idea what was up with the ending... total disappointment - the ending alone makes it not worth reading. This could have been a great book - but instead was only mediocre.
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Summary: Just mediocre reading
Review: This book did not make me want to find out what was going to happen. It really was not that interesting.
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Summary: Predictable, but enjoyable; well-written narrative
Review: I found myself wanting to read this book in one sitting. The writing style is so fluid it makes it easy to just keep reading. It's not a complex story; you don't have to do any real thinking, but it's still compelling. It's not a mystery; it's more like a glimpse of an important moment in this woman's life after her husband is killed in a plane crash. You watch her deal with the pain and confusion and try to pick up the pieces of her life as she tries to figure out exactly what kind of man her husband was. The novel jumps from the present to flashbacks between the husband and wife, a nice effect which gives you a view of their relationship. The story is a little predictable, but it's enjoyable reading anyway. The first Oprah pick I have actually liked at all. Also recommended: Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, and We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates.
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Summary: Atention grabbing summer read!
Review: I enjoyed this novel. It was fun to read and I was finished in two nights. It was a realistic plot and filled with real human emotion. You should enjoy this book or wait till the movie, it would make a great movie......Sissy Spacek as the wife, Catherine Zeta Jones the former flight attendant, Liam Neeson as the union rep.......
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