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Summary: Wonderful read!
Review: Aiden Dunne is a Latin professor at Mountainview College, a less-than-fashionable school in a poor part of Dublin. Signora, a woman with a melancholy past has moved back to Dublin after living in Sicily for many years. They share a love of Italy, and circumstances put them together in planning an evening class of Italian. They fear that there will not be enough participants but 30 members show up for class and are enchanted enough with the hands-on teaching style of Signora that they stay for the duration and then have a wonderful adventure at the end of the class. Binchy writes each chapter from the point of view of a class member and cleverly intertwines the characters into a fascinating story. She makes us care about each person and writes a book which I hated to see end.
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Summary: An incredible book!
Review: I absolutely looved this book! It was great. The author creates such an intricate story, that at first almost seems like it doesn't make sense, but by the end everything connects and fits together perfectly. This book makes you want to keep reading and reading, to find out exactly what will happen to each character as a new one is introduced! Read this book first, and you will surely be hooked on Maeve Binchy's incredible writing techniques!
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Summary: Made me feel as though the human race is not beyond hope
Review: (Dear Amazon, This book needs more than five stars. Thank you.)This wonderful, heartwarming story revolves around an evening class and its students. Maeve Binchy does an outstanding job of portraying each character and how their lives weave in and out and connect like the most beautiful of tapestries. I simply do not have the words to describe this book. I liked every single character. Maeve Binchy did a fantastic job - even the worst person had some redeeming qualities, but not so much that the book was nauseating and syrupy. The members of the class form a community. They might not have met, given their different walks of life, if not for the class. The interactions the people had with one another brought out the best in all of them, and the story was an absolute joy. As I said, I simply cannot express how great this book is. If you are looking for something that will make you feel good, to maybe help you appreciate others, perhaps to cheer you up, you will enjoy this book. It was worth the money, and I'm glad it's in my family's library.
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Summary: Good Binchy To Start With
Review: First, my bias: I plan to name my unborn children after Maeve Binchy out of love, respect, and appreciation for her work. Now with that said, "Evening Class" is her finest hour. If you have gotten this far down the review list then you already know Binchy can create characters in a simply complex way like no other writter of her sort. However, if you are just learning of her you may be overwhelmed by the amount of good works she has available and don't know where to start. "Evening Class" is just the place. An engagingly superb read, "Evening Class" will draw you in to the writing force that is Maeve Binchy.
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Summary: reveals to much
Review: as many state Maeve Binchy has a possibility to describe complex characters and create an atmosphere you never forget. However, in doing so she brings out a feeling of misstrust as se never leaves anything unsaid. Even what is obvious is spoken of, instead of leaving this to the readers imagination.
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Summary: A Terrific Story
Review: This fascinating novel follows the interlocking stories of a very varied group of individuals who are all connected -- in one way or another -- with an evening adult-education class in Italian language and culture held at a Dublin secondary school. The characters are very real and very Irish, and the book is full of surprises. Several characters go through major transformations in the course of the book, in very satisfying ways. My only quibble: it was enough to have one plotline revolving around family members' need to provide lifelong supervision for a mentally retarded adult. Two such plotlines was one too many.
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Summary: VERY PEACEFUL
Review: This was the first Maeve Binchy book that I've read. I find it very peaceful, it has that kind of soothing/ calming effect. Very enjoyable and captivating. Love it!
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Summary: another few chapters please!
Review: Binchy's books are always a great and comfortable read, full of chat and colloquisms from Ireland. I loved this book, and found it all plausible and entertaining right up until the party and the trip to Italy. At this point I felt the coherency of the book started to unravel - just how did Lou get on with Robin? Would it be that easy to lose those underworld connections? And what about Connie and Jacko? Did they meet up or not? Did Liz calm down her excessive spending? Did Bill come to terms with the Olive situation? Usually books by this author are great in they way they are all neatly wrapped up at the end, and while it's easy enough to imagine happy endings for these characters, slightly less harsh editing would have improved this book immensely. Read Copper Beech - an example of this author at her best!
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Summary: Highly disappointing
Review: I thought this would be a good summertime read. Initially it was. The characters are fleshed out well and their lives intersect in often interesting ways. However, the end of the book spoiled it. It descended into melodrama and several of the characters' personalities suddenly evolved in very unrealistic ways. Rather than thinking it was a nice light read, at the end of the book I was angry that I had been led along to find silly movie-of-the-week climaxes.
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Summary: Evening Classes
Review: This was my first Maeve Binchy novel, I loved the way she intertwined the students' lives. After reading this novel, I can't wait to try another one of her books.
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