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Liked It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “I have tried and tried to get my friends to read The Tortilla Curtain. Too dark, is their excuse. I find this novel to be wonderfully funny, terrible, ironic, and gut wrenching. We have two couples, one Mexican, one middle class Californian, who come together when the white husband...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Fantastic, bittersweet, very moving. ”
Magda H wrote this review 8 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Boyle's best in my opinion. A short but great read that serves to remind that we're all the same under the skin. ”
Sidris wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The main character is a holier-than-thou putz. I hate that.”
Paula C wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“excellent drama, Mexican immigrants and liberal Californians clash in Topanga Canyon, thought-provoking, wonderfully written”
Jenny A wrote this review Sunday, October 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This was a difficult read for me. Painful to get through, in fact. I endured for an anthropology course I was taking. I just didn't appreciate any part of the writing style or anything. It's not often that I dislike a book so much but I definitely did not care for this one.”
Ash M wrote this review Sunday, October 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Lives of a wealthy environmentalist and a poor Mexican couple, "illegals" just trying to get work and a new life, intersect and contrast hugely in this somewhat disturbing novel. I look forward to plenty of book-club discussion of the book's huge contrasts and ironies.”
Gretchen S wrote this review Saturday, October 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“book group selection.
Mary C wrote this review Tuesday, September 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I loved it!”
“I loved this book!!!!”
VernDude wrote this review Wednesday, September 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Excellent views of Immigrants in the USA, especially CA.”
Linda M wrote this review Thursday, September 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“provocative, disturbing, haunting account of the illegal alien situation in CA and probably the whole US. Presented in a way that you understand both sides of the issue which leaves you sad, frustrated, and depressed. ”
Ann F wrote this review Wednesday, September 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
