Charles Bock: Beautiful Children: A Novel

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Rated 4 stars

“A stunning piece of realistic fiction - Bock truly surprised me. For a first novel, Beautiful Children was a homerun. I'm typically cynical of new novels which are marketed as "New York Times Bestsellers" and large corporate bookstore centerpieces, as this book was, but I was pleasantly surprised by the honest beauty of Beautiful Children. The mastery Bock demonstrates in interweaving the stories of so many seemingly unconnected people and plots is genius; I generally give up in...”

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Rated 1 stars

“I couldn't get past the first chapter so I put it down and never finished it.”

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seattle reader said:

“Anybody read this? I'm ready to quit--any reason to keep going?!”

posted Saturday, May 17 2008 ( | view 1 reply )

jane v said:

“I DIDN"T until I read your post, and then I see your point...drug addicted pregnant girls, bratty twelve year olds, sociopaths like Ponyboy, victims like shaved head girl, expose of porn industry, tying multiple links together, trying to write a novel that includes EVERYTHING about Las Vegas......and yet I still think it is a good first novel. The use of multiple voices, the flow of the language, the sustained tension.....still think it is worth reading and I will probably read his future works......what do others think? Jane”

posted Friday, May 16 2008 ( | view 1 reply )

the artist fka hoopidy fly pimp mac daddy re-kleiner o-19er coming in for a landing boy he's a hella fresh taco bell connoisseur said:

“Does anyone else think that the author is trying too hard?”

posted Thursday, May 15 2008