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 enlarge | Author: Chris Bohjalian
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  231 reviews
Sales Rank: 61766
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.7
ISBN: 1400047463
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781400047468
ASIN: 1400047463
Publication Date: February 13, 2007
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 Great, great story May 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Chris Bohjalian is a master storyteller and this book will not disappoint. I couldn't put it down, and I can't stop thinking about it now that I'm done. Read this book!!
wonderful book May 29, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book from start to finish. It is the first book i have read about a german family dealing with the horror of the war and their downfall when they lost their perfect life and had to face the truth about what their country had done to the jews. great book!!
 Bohjalian's Double Bind: Bad Writing & Bad Plot May 26, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I enjoyed "Midwives" and felt Bohjalian was quite adept (for a male author) at capturing feminine emotion. Predictably, I was excited to read "The Double Bind" and like other reviewers I was disappointed. I started the book in earnest only to stop reading eighty pages or so into it (I did eventually finish the novel). The writing was decent but the copious adverb usage was annoying and the "shock" ending just left me feeling duped. The Great Gatsby references will only confuse those unfamiliar with Fitzgerald. This book could have been great but Bohjalian really botched it.
Not getting better May 11, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having tried to read several of his earlier books I approached this one only after it was recommended by a friend who reads a mix of literary fiction and beach books. While I prefer literary fiction I can read the other stuff if it has a compelling yarn. For these reasons, and the fact that I had lived in Underhill, Vermont a few years ago, I decided to give it a go. Don't bother. In a word: vacuous. The writing is crude, the yarn slack. He's not been "Orah'ed" for nothing.
Read and Discuss May 7, 2008
This is a book that I found increasingly difficult to put down. I had to reread it shortly upon finishing it (I reread _The Great Gatsby_ in between) and I had to loan it to a book friend so we could discuss it as soon as possible. I do not want to give away too much. If you have enjoyed other novels of Chris Bohjalian, I would definitely get this one. This book gave me quite an emotional punch, and I felt tied to Laurel for days - still do, in a way, even though I've never had anyone try to attack me in the woods. This book made me want to call up my AP English teacher and thank her for teaching us _The Great Gatsby_ in the first place. (I have no issue with any poetic license Bohjalian took with _The Great Gatsby._) _The Double Bind_ works on many levels. In my opinion, having more life experience and a good level of maturity works to your advantage when reading this book because it really brings you inside the head of a character who is "fragile" after an experience that occurred when she was 19 years old. If you are like me and empathize easily with Bohjalian's characters, beware that this is an intense read. In my opinion, it is worth it -- especially if you have someone to discuss it with!!!
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