Member Reviews

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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 4 stars

  “I read this book many years ago, probably for school. I really liked it then, so when it was chosen as an Oprah book and I saw it in the store I picked it up to glance through it. Imagine my surprise when I was drawn in from the first page and so I bought the book. It was a nice surprise to reread this classic book and enjoy it as much as I did.
  
  The story of Wang Lung, a poor farmer, and his wife O-lan is set in the time of the last Emperor and moves up to the start of the People's Revolution. It is a story filled with drama, love, loyalty, betrayal, perseverance and more.
  We come to care about Wang and O-lan and their extended family as they struggle with famine, drought, flooding, plague and more and yet always persevere, until achieving success beyond their dreams. This book was published in 1931, yet it doesn't feel dated at all. I am very glad I chose to read this book again.
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  Ladyslott wrote this review Wednesday, January 2 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “A Good Read. Loved Ms. Buck's writing style. Go here to read my review:
  
  http://kaarensblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/good-earth.html”

  Kaaren M wrote this review 5 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “This was actually a pretty good story. It gives an insightful look into life in pre-revolutionary China. I would have rated it higher, but I got fired up at the main character for things he did in the book. It is worth the read.”

  Emily T wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Part of my Pulitzer quest...I enjoyed it and was glad I read the book. It had a good message but got a little long. Thoroughly enjoyed and can see why it won the prize, but once was enough.”

  Deb M wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “I am touched with the life of O-lan, wife of Wang-Lung. She was like a dog serving his master, to her husband and family. I was worried, whether she will die with out even a word of protest against the odds in her life. Finally, she protested, but it was not against the new found love of her husband, but just a simple wish that Cukoo(was with her in the big house of Hwang, where she was a slave) should not enter her room after she is gone. ”

  Divya Santhanu wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “I read this in high school in the 60's and it was one of my favorites then. I should read it again now that I'm forty years down the road from that time. The old movie is beautifully done too if you ever get a chance to see it.”

  MaryAnn K wrote this review Wednesday, July 30 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “I hated this book. It shouldn't even be a classic. I mean, I love how the woman writes. But 385 pages....it was just too much of nothing.”

  P. K. wrote this review Wednesday, July 30 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “A new favorite of mine! Buck rights easily about Chinese culture, it is obvious she is not really an outsider and yet is enough of an outsider to make it totally accessible to us. She was ahead of her time in many ways. I highly recommend this book to anyone.”

  Mrs Amanda wrote this review Saturday, July 26 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “Men are PIGS! My mother read this book and loved it and I can see why! I feel like women who are oppressed will definitely GET this book.”

  Deborah C wrote this review Thursday, July 24 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “A classic. We used this for book discussion the month before reading "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan." Interesting comparison of the different social levels in China. ”

  Debra T wrote this review Thursday, July 17 2008. ( reply | permalink )