Kristeen P

• Rated 4 stars

“While vague and somewhat difficult to follow, the writing is spectacular...beautiful. A little graphic in the sexual references for the modest reader, but overall wonderful and hard to put down.”

Kristeen P wrote this review Saturday, November 6, 2010. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 2 stars

“I must have missed the point...found it to be slow, and preachy. The over-examination of faith, while intriguing sometimes...most of the time resulted in skimming. The angst-filled relationship which the story centers around never comes to a full resolution which made the ending disappointing.”

Kristeen P wrote this review Monday, April 26, 2010. ( reply | permalink )

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• Rated 3 stars

“I really, really liked it; until the ending. I'm fine with strange and confusing, but it really; just plain and simply, made no sense. Maybe something is wrong with me because it seems every reviewer in the world thought the twist ending was beautifully plausible: I kind of think it was ridiculous (cue: Marlena w/ the devil mask on Days of Our Lives). I would give 4 stars to the the first 3/4 of the book and 1 star to the last 1/4. I'm almost bitter about it...therefore, it gets 3 stars.”

Kristeen P wrote this review Tuesday, September 22, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“Awesome and "grand" epic novel covering three generations; great life lessons (reminders of what is important). Slow to start - but moves at a pretty good pace after 50 pages or so. Complex characters and relationships - history repeating itself throughout the story. Great read.”

Kristeen P wrote this review Wednesday, September 16, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“Borrowed from my teenage daughter - this is a great read; reminds me a bit of Catcher in the Rye which is actually mentioned in this book. Great ending; couldn't put down!”

Kristeen P wrote this review Wednesday, August 19, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 2 stars

“Oh, I recommended this for our work book club because I was romanced by the reviews of the descriptive, flowing writing...but found this was a bit of a chore. Too much description, so very little action and dialogue. Granted, a lot of the drama and interaction of character is assumed, leaves a lot to the imagination, it became repetitive in the "oh right, I get it, she's crazy". The ending was a big question mark - fuzzy, unclear and unsettling. Not horrible, but did not hit it's mark with me.”

Kristeen P wrote this review Thursday, September 3, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“I really liked this book - interweaves a ton of Irish history in an interesting plot; reminded me a lot of Maeve Binchy who is one of my favorite authors. A rich and touching narrative with an admirable heroine. A couple of hoakey moments, but overall a wonderful story.”

Kristeen P wrote this review Monday, July 27, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 3 stars

“Pretty good - a mix of The Golden Compass, Twilight, and Harry Potter - all rolled into one. Kept my interest but the end was a bit disappointing: confusing and a bit trite...and a big obvious opening to the next book in the trilogy.”

Kristeen P wrote this review Sunday, June 7, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“Awesome book - loved it!”

Kristeen P wrote this review Sunday, June 7, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“What can I say about this, but I loved it. My gosh this epic novel of generations of the Buendia family in fantastic. I'm not one for sci-fi or anything unrealistic...but it's something about Marquez; the magical realism that was so beautiful, so poignant, that I was sold on it. My mind told me it couldn't happen, but I didn't really care. Okay, so the repeated naming and re-naming of generations with the SAME names was confusing (I admit to writing in the book cover names of people and their attributes to keep track), but this is a gorgeous novel. Will read again and again.”

Kristeen P wrote this review Monday, April 13, 2009. ( reply | permalink )