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Summary: A good rainy weekend read
Review: An engrossing tale of love, loss and betrayal, The Pilot's Wife incorporates ingredients of the popular novel with a finely balanced portrayal of a womman's journey through mourning. Katherine takes us on a voyage through her life with her husband, Jack, and, initially, we are forced to agree with her observation that her's was a "good marriage". Shreve then delicately unravels Katherine's precious memories, revaling the hidden pointer's of Jack's double life - hints that Katherine had previously overlooked. Her passive nature prevents her from scratching the surface of her relationship with her husband. In this she is reminiscent of that other 'blind' wife, Winnie Verlock, in Conrad's novel, The Secret Agent. Katherine's total trust in Jack and unquestioning belief in his love for her force us to inspect our own lives, to question the appearance of reality and search for the truth of things below the surface. Katherine learns this as the novel unfolds and we share her pain and utter despair at the knowledge that she has shared her bed with a stranger. What happens to a life when it has been lived as a lie? What happens to a past and its memories when they are exposed as a sham? Shreve deals with these questions with delicacy and subtlety. She refuses to judge or cast stones. Her sense of pace is beautiful. This is a finely wrought and oddly haunting novel.
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Summary: This book asks the question how well you really know another
Review: Kathryn appeared to be the happy wife and home maker who had made concessions for her family to accomodate her husbands travelling career. I also did this in my personal life only to find out that my ex-husband kept many secrets from me, some he says he will take to his grave. This book perfectly illustrates the range of emotions that Kathryn experiences as she moves through the grief and discovery processes conjointly. The author is a very realistic writer and has created a wonderful character in Robert to support Kathryn through this time. Maybe there is some opening available at the end for a sequeal? Continuing the lifes of Katherine and Mattie with the addition of Robert Hart?
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Summary: It's a small book. It tells a nice story.
Review: I liked this book. I was not moved by this book. Sometimes you just want to know that you don't have to invest too much of yourself in what you are reading. This is the book for that occasion. It does ask an insurmountable question. Do we really know the people who live with us? Are we really sure that they are not just what we allow ourselves to believe they are?
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Summary: Entertaining, but simple. Still worth reading..
Review: I felt a little like the plot "lost it's way" and didn't go far enough in other ways. I thought there might be something <?> with the investigator which would have been an interesting development. So much more could have happened...but it just ended. HOWEVER it is an interesting read, worth a couple of hours, but get it at the library! Aloha!
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Summary: Not well-written; not entertaining
Review: I have generally enjoyed books that were selected by Oprah. This one, however, was not particularly well-written nor entertaining. The conclusion was too obvious. Characters disinteresting. Many other "Oprah" selections to choose from!
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Summary: Bravo!
Review: I loved the book!! I thought the best and most dramatic part was when Kathryn meets her late husband's mistress. When you get started, you can't put it down!
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Summary: BIG DISSAPOINTMENT
Review: The plot was so slow I had to force myself to finish the book. This was the first, and most likely last of Anita Shreve's book for me.
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Summary: This is the last time I read an Oprah endorsed book
Review: I feel that the few books that I have read endorsed by Oprah have all been the same; women as victims, while I feel it's great she is endorsing reading for the masses, we need books of more substance.This felt like a screenplay for a television movie of the week. I didn't care about the characters as they were so thinly developed. Typical of this genre of novels, she is duped by the man in her life and left to fend for herself - and ultimately, it doesnt feel like she triumphs at all. The details were so messy and implausible, I found it rather aggrevating. Never have I seen in the news the family of the pilot of a commercial airline exposed like a celebrity - can you name me one? I read it - but I also eat potato chips and eat ice cream once and a while - the prognosis for this book is; it's full of air and has no nutritional value but won't hurt you if you limit your intake of things like this!
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Summary: Simple book
Review: Simple book for the simple minded, pass on this. Trust me, go get another Oprah book if you have to.
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Summary: Hannah HighSchool could have done better.
Review: If this is an example of Anita Shreve's writing, it'll be the only book of hers I'll ever read. Really dumb character development.
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