Plainsong

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Summary: Plainsong
Review: Kent Haruf has written the easy reading novel plainsong. It was a very simply written story tying several members of a small town together. The Characterization and decription throughout the book was exceptional. And the exceptional language used made the text jump off of the page. This book was about the community of a small town in Colorado, and I live also live in a small town in Colorado, so connecting to this book for me was very easy. The detailing of the characters seemed to be very boring when reading it, but it became very intreuging and hard to put down.
Final throught-Nice work Kent

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Summary: My life is now complete thanks to Plainsong.
Review: This book was outstanding. I am a hard reader to please, but Kent Haruf was able ato do just that. His words jump out at you and pull you in. He does an great job of keeping the readers on thier toes. By the end of the book you feel as if you have had a personal relationship with all of the characters. Ike and Bobby personality are striking and funny. Kent Haruf will make you laugh and cry over and over again.

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Summary: plainsong
Review: When reading this book i felt the room filling with the joys of angels. IT kept me intersted and wanting to go on to the nest chapter. Ever night when i would open the book to read it it was like the hands of good came down and touched me. So i suggest that if you want to fell uplifted by the hands of god himself then you should read this beautiful book, and let your heart be filled with the songs of joy.

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Summary: So plain it's extraodinary
Review: A simple story of simple peoples lives. Yet it's more than that. It's a story of struggles. A story of love. A story of despair. A story of Hope. A story of learning. A story of LIFE. It takes place in a small, secluded, town in eastern Colorado. Yet the characters problems are no different than those of people in any other place big or small. It shows that little towns are equally as important as the big ones and people have the same problems all over the world. Yet in a small town the problems seem even more monumental. The towns people are thrown around in a whirling storm of despair and hope. The life of a pregnant teenager inwhirled with the lifes of two old ranchers. Two young brothers trapped in the middle of thier parents separation. A troubled teacher struggling with a troubled studdent. Plainsong is heartwarming must read.

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Summary: Reminds Me Of Home
Review: The book Plainsong, by Kent Haruf, was full of interesting reoccuring motifs. The motifs enhanced the overall quality of the book. One of the main motifs that I encountered was the use of setting to describe what the characters were feeling. This made the book a quick and easy read. The characters had very normal problems that anyone can relate to. Reading this gave me a sense of homliness that you can only get from a very well written book. The uncommon punctuation (not using quotation marks to show who is talking) was confusing at first, but actually made it faster to read. This is one of the only books that I have read in the past few years that I could follow and enjoyed.

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Summary: Plainsong Rewiew
Review: Plainsong is the type of book that is easy for anyone to read. There is not just one story in it, but several that all connect. While reading the book you will notice how important things such as setting are because they not only describe the area/weather but also the feelings of the characters. For example, when Victoria becomes pregnant things start falling apart and this is shown by the fall season and trees are loosing their leaves and it is becoming colder. His style of writing is amazing because of the fact that there are subliminal messages hidden throughout the book. Not only is it a exilerating story, but there is a lesson behind it that can be applied to anyone.

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Summary: The Review
Review: Plainsong has been one of the best fast moving story I have ever read. When first told to read it, it sounded like a soapopra based around my home town. But I was wrong Ike and Bobby reminde me about my child hood. Allways trying to get in the middle of things and trying to explain things on my own. I really enjoyed his writing style it is very chalenging but very quik to read. I would recondmened every one to read this because there is somthing in this story that one of the caracters did that you did as a kid or an adult. So read this fast moving creative story.

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Summary: Plainsong from a Salida man
Review: Plainsong was an assignment given to our Senior English Class, and before reading this book, I was not excited and prepared for what it contained. Inside this book, I learned a lot about the character's lives through the authors Motifs using the weather as characters feelings. I live in a small town, and this novel is about a small town where it is easy to know others stories. I just moved here and can relate some of the situations. This novel goes into great detail about a few characters lives and their actions, and this took me by surprise. I do not enjoy reading much, and yet, I found this novel easy to read and understand. Kent Haruf seems to have much wisdom about the topics this novel holds within, and I was impressed with his knowledge and skill. Kent Haruf tells an amazing story of a community and the people who make it up. I recommend this novel to anyone who is prepared for some powerful words.

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Summary: Very appealing.....
Review: When we were first assinged this book, I thought it was going to be just another boring book. I think this book is great. It keeps me interested because most of what is happening in plainsong happens to most highschool students and we can relate to it. It is a very quick and easy book to read, but it skips around a lot. You really have to use your imagination throughout the whole book to put pieces together. I recommend this book to everyone but you should be mature about it. Again I would almost read this again, just to laugh some more, because I have never laughed so much while reading a novel.

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Summary: Not Bad At All
Review: My high school English class was forced to read this book, which to everyone's surprise turned out to be very enjoyable. The characters were very realistic and you could appreciate their situations and circumstances. The fluid writing style made it an easy read dispite the absence of quotation marks. This actually made the novel confusing at first, but these new fangled authors and their unconvientional writing styles. Will they ever learn? Altough there is no, what do you call it? EXCITEMENT somehow you can't put it down. I finished a book for English class, maybe English teachers do other things besides trying to give me a stroke and jazercise.