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Liked It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “Loved it! The subject it's new and very interesting and the style it's a mixture of modern and classic just like the story itself. Full of details and backround historyc informations, the book remains easy to read and reveals things I didn't know to much about. Despite the seriousness of the...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Wonderfully written. Unexpected story. Great read!”
Mary B wrote this review 3 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“fascinating....”
Julie H wrote this review 3 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This book shows the generations of one family and how their stories connect with each other. My main story resolves around an hermaphrodite, and shows how she lived her life and what she learned about her family through this. i thought this book was very interesting and when I read it, I could not stopped reading. It was very detailed and the characters were interesting. I liked how the author weaved the different stories together into the entire story in a way that did not make it confusing, but easy to understand. I liked reading how Calliope's life when she was a child and showing how she changed. I also liked reading about the relationship she had with her parents. i would recommend this book to people who liked detailed and interesting stories. It has become one of my favorite books. ”
MOLLY P wrote this review 5 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Started reading already and put it down.”
Keally M wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“good book”
Carol A wrote this review 10 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
““I was born twice…” this book begins. What an intriguing start. And the story lives up to the promise of those words. The past of a young man’s grandparents makes a curious historical love story, taking the reader from the burning of Smyrna to the burning of a Detroit suburb, with odd detours through the beginnings of radical Islam and the American dream. I loved the quiet mystery of the main character, the challenge of unknown identity that slowly changes to known but strange. And I loved the challenge to the reader’s preconceptions in the writing. How would we react? And what right would we have to complain? Cal, or Calliope, is Greek and American, man and woman, but above all human, and this delightfully human tale paints a picture of him that sings. ”
Sheila Deeth wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I liked that it took place in a time and place that I could relate to and was familiar with.”
Lorraine T wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“F'ing amazing, I loved it. I couldn't put this book down and I recommend it to everyone who can stand to listen to me.”
Brendan S wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“What can I say about Middlesex, but 'wow'. This book definitely should be on an avid readers bookshelf. Eugenides' writing style leaves his readers enveloped in the plot, enticed by what lies on the next page. Middlesex is about a Greek couple that immigrates to America to find a better life, but in doing so, reveals the prejudice that lies in each individual. Incest, the main theme in the novel, defines the deep rooted racism in every person. Eugenides seems to say that, as humans, innately we hate others so much so that we would rather marry within the family circle to affirm that who we marry does not have a mixture of different races. The narrator, a gender confused individual, is raised as a female, but later finds out that she is in fact a hermaphrodite. This revelation depicts the corruption caused to those who hate based solely on race. Other interpretations of Middlesex may vary, but, it is definitely worth reading. ”
Joanna E wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A fascinating, intricate story about an unusual protagonist, with some history of Greece/Turkey thrown in for good measure, as well as snapshots from the rise & fall of Detroit. This tale covers so much ground, on so many human levels, as well as historical and biological ones, it is hard to explain what the story really is. Know that it is well worth reading.”
bluenun21 wrote this review 12 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
