Books by Laura Kasischke
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review 1: Appartenendo il romanzo al genere thriller psicologico, devo ammettere che mantiene le promesse insinuando il dubbio e la difficoltà di capire quale sia il segreto da svelare fino alla fine. Peccato però che la scrittrice, per ottenere ciò abbia esagerato con le ripetizioni. Se ...
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review 1: This book was terrible on several levals. One of them being that the author does a terrible job of pulling you through the book. You start the first chapter thinking that something suspenseful is going to unfold, and thats as far as the suspense goes. After that, you will read th...
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review 1: Etant une fan de Laura Kasischke, j'espérais beaucoup de son dernier roman. Quelle déception ! L'histoire a dû mal à décoller (il faut attendre la page 171 puis se dire "ça y est, ça va enfin devenir intéressant"). Ensuite, il y a pas mal de chassés-croisés qui peinent à aboutir....
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review 1: In A Perfect World takes Jiselle from the life of a single airline attendant to that of a woman, married to the handsome, charming pilot, a widower, Captain Mark Dorn. Mark comes with baggage, though. He has two teenage daughters and a young son from his first marriage. Once t...
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review 1: I will say this story was interesting. But It was argh!!! I did not like how the story was written. It just seem scattered. One chapter was either past or present of one person. The next chapter was past or present of another person. The next chapter was the same. Etc. I did not ...
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review 1: I really loved this book. Beautifully written, and thought provoking. I read this in one day, and it's the kind of book that I'll be thinking about for awhile, and I wish I knew people who had read it so I had someone to talk to about it. I love that the main character isn't s...
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review 1: I love, love, love this collection. Kasischke is a deeply imaginative poet, and just wild enough to keep me engaged even as I feel I am free falling through a cloud of beautiful images. This collection volleys from the poet's rich domestic life--a dead, or dying, father, a son wh...
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review 1: This is a novella, so I felt like certain parts weren't as fleshed out as I'd have liked. Several of the characters were really interesting. My favorite was probably the teacher, who was so well-regarded and respected as a spinster school teacher that she was actually offended ...