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Summary: The ending of this story will shock the hell out of you!
Review: Siddons' best book!! I've read them all and this one is the finest. It started slow but picked up speed to a magnificent, emotionally charged, spectacular ending. I literally gasped when I read it, then proceeded to re-read the last chapter about 3 times. Her characters dance off the page and burn themselves into your memory! A must read for Siddons' fans.
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Summary: A stunning achievement
Review: Thank you Ms. Siddons! I haven't enjoyed a book like this since I read The Prince of Tides. It was Conroy's quote on the cover, "the Southern novel for our generation," that prompted me to read it. I am so glad I did!! I haven't laughed and cried during a read in some time. The characters are as real as rain...they will not leave me ever. The plot is artfully crafted. I urge readers to read the book from cover to cover if you have a deep interest in the South and enjoy a good story...it's a journey worth taking! Having schooled at Vanderbilt, I can testify to the accuracy of Siddons's portrayal of the wealthy South.
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Summary: A good old story that you will never forget
Review: Thank you Ms. Siddons! I haven't enjoyed a book like this since I read The Prince of Tides. It was Conroy's quote on the cover, "the Southern novel for our generation," that prompted me to read it. I am so glad I did!! I haven't laughed and cried during a read in some time. The characters are as real as rain...they will not leave me ever. The plot is artfully crafted. I urge readers to read the book from cover to cover if you have a deep interest in the South and enjoy a good story...it's a journey worth taking! Having schooled at Vanderbilt, I can testify to the accuracy of Siddons's portrayal of the wealthy South.
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Summary: LOOOONG boring setup for a plot that never goes anywhere
Review: The author spent the first half of the book switching between setting up the characters and foreshadowing the rest of the book. She takes long passages to describe places and even events that end up with no bearing on the story.I'm glad to see other reviewers saying that they were disappointed by this book because I bought two Siddons books at the same time. I hope I like the other book better than this one. THE ENDING: I think Shep jumps from the bridge landing safely in the water and then is finally able to have a relationship with Sarah. By reliving (and changing) the day at the bridge so long ago, he's able to symolically free himself of Lucy. I don't think he was suicidal at all.
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Summary: I found it an extremely emotional and moving experience
Review: The book was a very moving experience for me. I first read it around 8 years ago - I still have it. I relived the childhood emotions and traumas..and they couldn't have been better projected..... This one was written from the heart...
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Summary: SKIP THE ENTIRE BOOK...EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THE LAST CHAPTER.
Review: THE FIRST 750 OUT OF 800+ PAGES ARE AS IF SOMEONE SAT AND TRIED TO THINK UP WORDS JUST TO FILL UP THOSE PAGES...USELESS BABBLE THAT HAD NO DIRECTION OR PURPOSE. FIFTY PAGES OUT OF THE ENTIRE TEXT WERE WORTH READING. WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT AFTER "OUTER BANKS" AND "UP ISLAND"! I ALSO FOUND MANY PARTS OF THE STORY TO BE UNREALISTIC...A 5 YEAR OLD(IN THE EARLY 60'S TO BOOT) BEING SEXUALLY AWARE, GIBBY'S PATIENCE WITH LUCY'S CONTINUOUS AND LIFE LONG BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS, ALMOST EVERYONE DIES...IT NEVER STOPS. AGAIN, THE AUTHOR JUST FILLED UP A BUNCH OF PAGES WITH WORDS THAT HAVE NO POINT,DIRECTION OR INTEREST. EVEN THE SENTENCES JUST RAMBLED ON WITH COMMA'S AND HYPHEN'S...AIMLESS!
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Summary: THE southern novel of our generation.
Review: The inate enigma of being born a southerner is so
perfectly portrayed in Peachtree Road, that it's
down-right scary at times. The pathos, the hidden
agendas, the family skeletons and the agonies of
being either on the inside or the outside of that
charmed but deadly world are revealed in characters
who lived just down the street from your Grandmother's house in old Buckhead. In a time and
place when appearances and backgrounds still
mattered the most Peachtree Road is a slice of
southern life that began to disappear
when the first interstate highways started their wide swaths
through Margaret Mitchell's Atlanta,and are now only memories. This is
a MUST read for any born and bred southerner as well
as anyone who ever hopes to really know them!
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Summary: Money does not always buy happiness.
Review: The need for the seemingly endless detail in the first half of the book becomes obviously clear as the reader approaches the surprise ending.
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Summary: A long time to read - but worth it!
Review: This book actually took me about 8 months to read, I let it sit there forever even though I am a huge fan of Siddons, I just couldn't get into it at first, but then once I finally did, I recommended it to all of my friends that read alot, it is so moving, and I don't care for Sarah either though they do make her out to be so saintly like was said before...I hate what Lucy and "Gibby" had to be put through since they were not the 'norm'. I just finished the book this morning as a matter of fact, and I must say it was worth calling in a paid day off to finish it!
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Summary: Lost in descriptive phrases
Review: This book was filled with so many descriptive phrases and asides in most sentences, that the original intent of the sentence was often lost. I could say I read this book twice during my read through it because I had to reread so much of it to grasp the intended meaning. I was afraid to jump ahead because I thought I would miss some critical point to the ending. I, also, was bumfuzzled regarding the ending. Were we meant to know the ending or is each reader to decide his own ending? I have read several of Mrs. Siddon's other books and found them to be totally interesting and filled with drama. This book could have been written with 1/3 of the words, I feel.
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