Member Reviews

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  2 of 2 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “"At the first gesture of morning, flies began stirring."
  
  So begins one of my favorite reads of the past few years. I loved the characters, the language, the setting. I found it to be funny in places, horrifying in others, and altogether memorable to the end. I was also intrigued by the parallels to other hero stories like The Odyssey. Thumbs up from this reader.”

  sthurner wrote this review Wednesday, October 25 2006. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 3 stars

  “This book had a weird writing style, which was at times rather confusing. However, it was an interesting story. ”

  ReBecca wrote this review Tuesday, May 27 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “Listening to this book took a little adjustment since Mr. Frazier's voice is a slow southern voice. Once I got used to his cadence, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. His voice was perfect for the characters. There was one character they couldn't portray in the movie that was so real for me in the book - the land of Cold Mountain. I figured it for a fictious place that Frazier had made alive. About a year after I read the book, my husband and I, and a couple of friends, were on a road trip through the Blue Ridge. We were up near Mount Pisgah. I told my friends, who had also read the book, that I could just feel that this was where the real Cold Mountain would have been. Within 5 minutes we passed a small blue highway sign that said "Cold Mountain!" It was goosebumps time! We stopped at a state tourist info center and looked at a map - Cold Mountain is real. That's how good this book was - I recognized the place from the book.”

  Barbara M wrote this review Tuesday, May 13 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “war, passion and nothingness.”

  mahmood b wrote this review Saturday, November 3 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 2 stars

  “This is one of the few times I actually liked the movie better than the book and that's not saying much. There were only a few points in the story when I really cared about what was going on. About half way through I wished I was a person who could stop reading a book in the middle, but I have a hard time not finishing a book. I'm glad I kept reading because at least I'm not a quitter, but I don't feel like I gained much by reading this book.
  Most of the chapters surrounding Inman, I could have really cared less. I was really tired of the trompsing through the woods stuff. I understand what the author was doing with this book, I just didn't find it entertaining, entralling or inspiring in any way.”

  Christine G wrote this review 11 hours ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “I was anxiously awaiting the tragic ending...only to be surprised.”

  Meg M wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “This book was OK. There were parts I found very riveting and other times the book seemed to crawl. It is overall a good read. I also think it was a valuable history lesson and a good example of life during the civil war.”

  Wendy H wrote this review 12 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “The Book was great and I also seen the movie I did not care to much for it.”

  KKB4books wrote this review Thursday, September 11 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 1 stars

  “I've tried reading this book twice, and could just not get into. I didn't like the style of writing and I didn't connect to the characters.”

  Rachel W wrote this review Tuesday, September 9 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 1 stars

  “Oh my gosh, this was awful. So so boring and so so nothing happens. Oh my gosh. I cannot even believe they made this into a movie, which was, by the way, so so boring.”

  Kristin J wrote this review Tuesday, September 2 2008. ( reply | permalink )