The Pilot's Wife : A Novel

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Summary: A good, quick read
Review: I usually don't enjoy the books Oprah chooses for her book club. So many of them are the same story - a young girl overcomes great adversity and is stronger for it. But this book was different, and I really enjoyed it. It was suspenseful, and I was never QUITE sure what the outcome was going to be. It was a little too descriptive for my taste, but I just skimmed those parts to get to the action. I'll definitely recommend this to my reading friends.

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Summary: It sucked me in from the first paragraph
Review: I originally bought this book because it is on "Oprahs' List" I admit it. It was also very inexpensive. This is a wonderful book. It got me hooked in the first paragraph. Read it.

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Summary: I read it in one day!
Review: I read it the same day it was delivered. I think it was a very good book

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Summary: Vastly overrated.
Review: This book was, O.K., but not at all what I expected. The last paragraph was so puzzling and unsettling, I thought my copy was missing a page. It's one thing not to like an ending, it's an entirely different feeling, not to UNDERSTAND the ending. Anita Shreve, please enlighten me.

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Summary: Who knew???
Review: I knew instictively the story would wind around to 'another woman', and so it did. But an international terrorist too? I thought my ex-to-be was sneaky - puts a whole new light on the twisted, selfish male ego, doesn't it??

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Summary: Nice, but not thrilling...
Review: I must say I am a little surprised that this was an Oprah pick. This book doesn't possess near the writing quality of many of her other selections. But it was a good, easy read, a bit predictable, but fairly compelling nevertheless. I'd recommend it on a slow day anytime!

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Summary: Great reading. A page turner. Could not put it down.
Review: This was a great story. Not a great topic however. It really makes you think about your own life and the people in it. How well do you really know those people? This is quick reading.

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Summary: How soon will we see the movie?
Review: Shreve is finally achieving her well desrved commercial success. Check out her previous novels to find her real style. Maybe Kathryn doesn't sustain dramatic personality changes, but Kathryn's loss is the reader's gain. The Pilot's Wife is an important novel. She deals with philosophical issues of perspective that many people never even consider. How could Kathryn assimilate the information that she is given? The foreshadowing that occurs when her daughter reveals her secret indicates Kathryn's reactions are not what we might expect. But how would you react. What is realistic?

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Summary: Just Okay.
Review: Although I have to admit I enjoyed this book, I could not understand why it got such rave reviews. It was a very unoriginal story and VERY predictible. This is a perfect example of something that gets so overrated to the point that the reader or viewer is dissapointed... kind of like the Titanic movie. It was okay.

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Summary: This is dark book that wanted to be an adventure.
Review: It is a quick read BECAUSE it is natural to want to skim over the post-death experience. And just when we happen upon the slightest hint of adventure, the book ended. This writer held tightly to the realism of death, which sacrificed what could have been a very scathing, juicy adventure.