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Summary: I didn't get it!
Review: This book was raved about by my aunt so I ran out to get it but by page 67 when I was still waiting for it to "start" I just had to put it down! Does it get much better after that or is it more of the same?
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Summary: This book was incredible!
Review: You HAVE to read this book...it was absolutely fantastic!!!!Definitely one of her best. It usually takes me a few pages to getinto a book, but with The Glass Lake I was drawn in at the first page and stayed that way throughout the whole book. Maeve Binchy is simply amazing. She has yet to disappoint me.
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Summary: Captivating
Review: Maeve Binchy creates characters that are so real, you often think about them long after you've finished the book. I will not rest until I have read everything that she has written.
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Summary: Very good - enjoyed the surprising plot twist 1/3 of the way
Review: I enjoyed this book as I have the others of MB's books I've read. Once the scene moved to London I was hooked. I usually have a hard time getting into her books, but once I'm in it's hard to quit! Her main characters are so real. I'm anxious to read more.
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Summary: I loved it!!!!
Review: From the moment I picked up this book I could not put it down. When I had finished reading it I wanted to start all over again. I honestly felt that the characters in the book were real people, I wish they were. The author has an amazing ability to keep the reader excited and interested through all 670 pages. A must read.
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Summary: One of the all-time best!
Review: I fell in love with this book the very first time that I read it and was so enchanted by it's story and characters that I have re-read it AT LEAST 8 times. This is the kind of novel that pulls the reader in...once you start reading you are almost instantly transported to the world of Lough Glass and you start forgetting that the characters in this book are not real people. I've had to buy another copy of this book because I wore out my first one! All I can say is THANK YOU Maeve Binchy for this spellbinding story and the warmth and love that radiates from every page.
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: I loved this book so extremely much! My first Maeve Binchy book was Circle Of Friends, which I read in a flash, and started reading her other books right away. I think she is such a talented author, and I love her work! Every book I have read of Maeve Binchy is extremely interesting and real from the very start of the book to the end. I never want to stop reading and put the book down. Any age group can read her books because they pertain to everyone. I am 16, and I enjoy her books more than any other author I've known. My mother and I take turns reading books of Maeve Binchy's because we both love them so much. The Glass Lake was one of her best books I believe because it made me feel that I was in the story. I could relate to all of the characters, and when Kit or Lena was feeling something, I felt the same anxiety, frustration or compassion that they did. I felt like I knew the characters in the book personally because they were so well described. It was most definetly the best book I've read, and I recommend it to everyone to read!
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Summary: You'll never put her down!
Review: If you have never read a novel by Maeve Binchy, please make it your next priority. She is the most amazing author I have ever read, and believe me, I've read plenty! She completely wraps you up with her vivid descriptions of characters and the setting. By the time I put one of her novels down, which is after I've finished it, I feel as though I know each individual character as if I were their best friend, and have shared all their pain and happiness. I am now on my fifth Binchy novel, and the best I have yet to read is this one. Not only did it, and all of her other novels I have read, make me laugh, I also shed tears of both happiness and sorrow. She has inspired me to love Ireland and I have decided to have my honeymoon there. I just can't put her down. Even while my brother and his wife, whom I rarely see, were visiting, bringing with them the news that I would become an aunt, I still found it necessary to escape to my room and finish this novel. I can't wait to finish the Binchy I'm reading and begin the next one!
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Summary: 'the glass lake' drowns in verbiage
Review: it's difficult NOT to like a Maeve Binchy book. Her characters are well-drawn, her scenery is the beautiful Irish countryside, and her stories are blissfully uneventful. At her best, Maeve Binchy is an Irish Jerry Seinfeld. While Seinfeld has for years presented an entertaining half-hour show about 'nothing', Maeve Binchy is capable of penning novels in excess of 700 pages with no discernable plot. This is not always a detriment...indeed, as with Seinfeld's show, it is often refreshing...no car crashes, explosions, nuclear devices...just the enjoyment resulting from finely-detailed characterizations. But then there is 'The Glass Lake'...and somehow, characterization alone is not enough to sustain a 700+ page novel. This is a book begging loudly for a bit of plot. If you decide to read the book, I would encourage you to read the first, say, 300 pages and then skip to the last 100 pages for the non-descript ending. You will not miss a lot, either in plot or character development, by leapfrogging over 300 pa
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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: I have read and enjoyed other of MB's books, but somehow missed this one til now. It was great - just a neat, glad-you-read-it story. 100% reality based? Maybe not, but read it for what it is and enjoy. I didn't want it to end.
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