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L'apprendista (1999)

by Gordon Houghton(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

8882372170 (ISBN13: 9788882372170)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Meridiano Zero

review 1: I read this book back in my college days, and it stuck with me through the years. It was a unique take on death and the Grim Reaper using both seriousness and humor twisted together perfectly. My paperback copy is full of underlined quotes that I loved from the book, and I find myself often leafing through it even today to reread them. There were plenty of instances that made me think deeply about my own path in life while connecting to the characters in the book and their own individual paths in life. I highly recommend the book to people in their late teens to early twenties, ones who are just starting out in life and figuring out where they belong. This isn't a coming of age book, but it does have significant moments in the book that anyone in that age frame and beyond ... morecan relate too and think, "yes, yes, that was me. I couldn't have said that better myself."
review 2: I liked this book, although there were parts that made me very sad. I have been accused of liking nihilistic, bleak novels(and its true), but this one kind of took it to a new level. There is one point where it got so hopeless feeling I had to put it aside for a while. It did explore themes that interest me greatly, and in an interesting way. Ironic and a little sarcastic. If you're looking for something a little bit different, this could be it. Ultimately a very good read. less

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