Books by T.C. Boyle
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review 1: This was interesting- I didn't realise it was based on actual historical figures- families who lived on San Miguel Island until the end of the novel. It is not doubt why I felt the plot wasn't leading to anything in particular. It is set in the early 20th century. The characters...
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review 1: Confident but facile writing. Boyle comes up with one perfect sentence after another, each anchored with a clever simile, or well-oiled line of dialog, or dazzling verb, or sometimes all three. Whether any of these well-crafted sentences fit the needs of the story or not seems be...
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review 1: I really enjoy TC Boyle in general. I had a hard time with rating this book. It's uncomfortable, and it it probably supposed to be. None of the characters are that likeable, the avid animal lover is a jerk and refuses to see gray areas of life. The environmentalist park official ...
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review 1: I didn't agree with the lower ratings given to this book by some readers. I found it fascinating! Some took exception to the "footnotes" provided by the narrator; I found them an intriguing way to inject historical accuracy to the novel. Based on the romantic escapades of Frank...
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review 1: I've always been a big fan of TC Boyle's short stories and this collection contains some excellent writing. The lead story, "Balto" was breathtaking in its skill. Other writers may have chosen the father for the protagonist, making it simply a story of drunken mistakes, but by ...
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review 1: Downloaded from library and it is NOT Wild Child and Other Stories. Just Wild Child. Interesting enough and ultimately very sad about a French boy about 5 y.o. in the 1700s who is taken to a woods by his mother (who just had too many children). She cuts his throat, but not fata...
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review 1: I enjoyed this book thoroughly but until now, starting to read another of TC Boyle's island stories (San Miguel) I hadn't realized that I never wrote a review of Killing's Done. So here is a retrospective. Yes, the book is about killing, not humans but unwanted invasive animals d...
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review 1: Magnífico.
review 2: I lost interest about half way through. I just couldn't make myself care about mr. Wright's drama.
review 2: I lost interest about half way through. I just couldn't make myself care about mr. Wright's drama.
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review 1: I am fascinated by Frank Lloyd Wright, but this book held little fascination for me. I had to check it out from the library three times before finally finishing it, which should have been a sign. I hated the fact that it told the story of FLW in reverse. I understand that Mama...