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When Anthony Doerr's The Shell Collector was published in 2002, the Los Angeles Times called his stories "as close to faultless as any writer -- young or vastly experienced -- could wish for." He won the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Discover Prize, Princeton's Hodder Fellowship, and two O. Henrys, and shared the Young Lions Award. Now he has written one of the most beautiful, wise, and compelling first novels of recent times.
David Winkler begins life in Anchorage, Alaska, a quiet boy drawn to the volatility of weather and obsessed with snow. Sometimes he sees things before they happen -- a man carrying a hatbox will be hit by a bus; Winkler will fall in love with a woman in a supermarket. When David dreams that his infant daughter will drown in a flood as he tries to save her, he comes undone. He travels thousands of miles, fleeing family, home, and the future itself, to deny the dream.
On a Caribbean island, destitute, alone, and unsure if his child has survived or his wife can forgive him, David is sheltered by a couple with a daughter of their own. Ultimately it is she who will pull him back into the world, to search for the people he left behind.
Doerr's characters are full of grief and longing, but also replete with grace. His compassion for human frailty is extraordinarily moving. In luminous prose, he writes about the power and beauty of nature and about the tiny miracles that transform our lives. About Grace is heartbreaking, radiant, and astonishingly accomplished.
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Suspenseful and Beautiful.......2007-08-28
Doerr's imagery is beautiful and at some points the book is really vividly suspensful. The major themes of this book include (in my humble opinion), the fluidity of life, the uniqueness of everything, the pain of loss and the redemption of found relationships.
I actually found the book very hard to put down -- which is really a contrast to some of the reviews I've read.
There were a couple of very small parts that dragged a touch, but for the most part this book kept me up all night - in a good way.
Nauseating.......2007-07-04
Here's the story: A sniveling loser abandons his wife and child because he has a bad dream and then spends 25 years in self-indulgent navel-gazing on a Caribbean island. His major conclusion is that the world is indifferent to his suffering (guess what, so are the readers). Then one day, he decides to find out if his daughter is alive and he goes on an exhausting trip. Does he find her? I have no idea; I couldn't finish this junk. I guess we're supposed to be sympathetic to this character, but I had nothing but loathing for him. Don't waste your time on this.
An American Haruki Murakami..........2007-05-02
I just finished this novel on a trip back from Phoenix, and I have to say not only the style and description, but the plot itself grabbed me. Unlike other reviews here, I found nothing plodding about the story. I found it riveting, and full of surprises. I'm a big fan of Japanese author Haruki Murakami, and I found a numbeer of similarities in both the beauty of the language, as well thematic and plot. There are elements of a surreal sort of journey and a search for a missing life that spans across thousands of miles. Doerr does a great job of shifting his tale between several key time periods in the life of David Winkler, the main character of the story. This is a brilliant novel, and I plan to share it with friends.
Not a page turner.......2006-08-02
Some of the prose is beautiful but the story dose not flow like the water the main character Winkler studies. The story line lacks focus and the dream episodes are disconcerting. I have not found this an enjoyable read.
Intriguing premise slowed by lack of character...................2006-04-25
This wasn't an aweful book, nor was it a good one. Anthony Doerr begins with an intriguing premise, a human who is able to fortell the future. He forsees one of our worst nightmares his own child's death. What follows is alot of dreamy prose about nature and love and life but not alot of plot movement. This novel reminded me of Michael Ondaatje's writing with one exeption, the characters lacked strength and purpose. What is one's life experience worth if they have not learned from it? Our main character schlumps through life, never really taking the time to find out if his daughter lived? Cmon......no wonder she was so mad and the reader feels her irritation as almost to say to Doerr "enough already."
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Shadows and Lace
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Shadows and Lace
With one roll of the dice, the shameful deed was done. Baron Lindsey Fordyce had gambled and lost, and now his beautiful daughter, Rowena, was about to pay the price. Spirited away to an imposing castle, the fiery innocent found herself pressed into the service of a dark and forbidding knight accused of murder...and much more. Handsome, brooding Sir Gareth of Caerleon had spent years waiting for this chance for revenge. But when he sought to use the fair Rowena to slay the ghosts of his tortured past, be never imagined he'd be ensnared in a silken trap of his own making -- slave to a desire be could never hope to quench....
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not her best.......2007-09-04
I have to admit that I was left totally confused after finishing this book. The premise of the plot was promising, unfortunately the characters were not. Gareth was supposed to be this dark and brooding medieval knight with a tortured background to justify his dark character, unfortunately he came off as simply mean and selfish. The things he did to Rowena in the name of revenge was horrible. Rowena was also a confusing character, one minute she was fiesty, then she turned into whimpering girl consumed with lust after a touch, a kiss, or a look from Gareth. I simply don't get the attraction Rowena felt for Gareth. Worst of all, there's not one word of regret from Gareth's mouth to Rowena for all the humiliation and degradation he did to her. Marlys was creepy. All in all, not her best.
What happened here?.......2007-07-23
I'm a big fan of Teresa Medeiros and I love her novels like The Bride and the Beast and Fairest of Them All. When I came across this book, it had fairly high ratings and the premise seemed interesting, so I was excited to read it. I was sorely disappointed. I suppose that because it's Medeiros's first book, it's excusable that it isn't that great. If you haven't read anything by her I don't recommend you reading this first or you'll probably be turned off.
A book is only as good as its characters and if you hate all the characters, you probably won't really like the book. I hated the "hero," Gareth. I understand that he's supposed to be dark and brooding, but like another reviewer said, he's really just mean. The female protagonist,Rowena, is inconsistent. At times she's fiesty and fiery like most of the women in Medeiros's books, but at other times she acts like a witless doormat. She irritated me so much. Gareth's sister is just weird and she's also mean (guess it runs in the family). Rowena's father is spineless and hateful. The only character who I liked at all was Little Freddie, Rowena's brother who plays a minor role. He was the only honorable, smart, decent character.
As if all that wasn't bad enough, there is zero chemistry between Rowena and Gareth. The first time they make love is not romantic and the context in which they do it is actually pretty repulsive. ***SPOILER ALERT*** The fact that Gareth would take Rowena's virginity and take her as his mistress and then consider marrying her off to someone else is what turned me off the most. Also, the fact that Gareth sleeps with a mother and her daughter is just gross to me. ***SPOILER ENDS HERE***
In addition, the plot is at times confusing and not very engaging. The mystery that surrounds the novel is pretty obvious and easy to figure out. Sometimes with novels, the characters change and become likeable or the plot picks up. I kept waiting for redemption to come for the characters and/or the plot, but it never did. The ending was contrived, anti-climatic and idiotic, but by that point I was just happy it was over. Medeiros is better than this book and assessment of her talent as a writer shouldn't be based on this novel.
Not the kind of quality I expected from Medeiros.......2006-12-30
After having the good fortune to stumble upon this author (every now and then I take a chance and find myself lucky to find a gem of a writer), I quickly snapped up everything and anything written by Teresa Medeiros. SHADOWS AND LACE just goes to show just how much an author's writing talent can improve over the years. Given that this was originally published in 1991, this must be one of her first books. And it shows.
There was a lot of head-hopping, which was rather distracting and annoying. A lot of times I couldn't be sure who was thinking or saying what. The reader often found themselves looking through the eyes of minor characters that were scattered throughout the room. It was very confusing. I often found myself having to reread pages just so that I could figure out what was going on.
Also, the characters were rather flat. They felt more like stereotypes than real people. The heroine was a bit of a ninny, and the hero was rather mean. He was a tortured hero (aren't they all in romance?), but I never got far enough to figure out what he was so tortured about. They weren't real people to me...they were just there.
This author has since developed a talent for creating characters that the reader gets emotionally involved in. I just couldn't believe that this was written by the same author who wrote YOURS UNTIL DAWN or ONE NIGHT OF SCANDAL. Those books were so awesome--five star reads (and I very rarely give out five stars to anything!) Maybe part of the reason that I didn't enjoy SHADOWS AND LACE was because I was expecting a lot of it. After all, it's written by Teresa Medeiros!
I would recommend that you try to borrow a copy of this before you buy it. This is not your typical humorous and moving Medeiros read. In fact, this book was unable to illicit any strong feelings from me at all. It was just "blah". I couldn't even make myself finish it, and that's rare for a book written by this author. Try YOURS UNTIL DAWN or ONE NIGHT OF SCANDAL instead. Don't judge the author on this book.
ok - i love Teresa Medeiros but this one was just odd........2006-07-27
I know it was her first novel and all - but it feels like she had a bunch of great romance ideas and then bunched them all together. The book itself is enjoyable to read - but it doesn't read smoothly - at least for me. The odd sister character - Marlys (sp?) was a HUGE turn off - very very annoying and abrassive. I found myself reading the story to figure out what the big plot twist really was instead of being so wrapped up in the hero and heroine tormenting each other. blah. It's still a keeper though in my opinion only b/c it's so rare and i'm a huge Medeiros fan.
Medieval Intrigue.......2005-07-17
This wonderful Medieval story is by far the best book I have ever read! From the first page to the very last I was caught in the magical spell that this books weaves you into. Sir Gareth was a man of mystery and compassion. I am now a helpless romantic that will be a loyal and faithfull reader of Teresa Medeiros.
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Cherijo and her husband have found safety aboard the star vessel Sunlace. But they have promises to keep-promises that will endanger everything she ever fought for-including her solemn oath to protect life.
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A terrible let-down to a series that showed great promise.......2005-01-28
This is a terrible book. Terrible, just terrible. A great disappointment after her earlier books, some of which were actually quite good. This book is badly written, answers no important questions about the series, and is exceptionally unsatisfying. The ending smacks of deadlines and contractual obligations; it feels more like a sketchy half-baked outline than the big wrap up (so far) to the series.
Oh, and Ms. Viehl, if you write another book about these characters, please, please skip enough years to spare us the daughter's irritating baby talk. And please don't introduce another mystery like her teleportation ability (I assume that's what was behind her appearing in mysterious places) without at least giving us a little resolution. It's irritating enough when you finally bring us to Maggie's world and then give us her weak revelation and then basically tell us it isn't true. You have to resolve something in a 400+ page book, and the ridiculous health crisis that gets solved in ten minutes at the end of the outline-style ending just doesn't cut it. Also, the Bartermen are a terrible plot device, but not nearly as bad as the aliens who (again) kidnap Cherijo to sell her into slavery. Worse is the fact that they're so tiny that she just clonks their heads together and knocks them out to rescue herself. It's like the ending of a Superfriends episode, where everyone has a laugh at the expense of Wendy and Marvin (or Zan and Jayna, if you prefer). An amazingly cheesy ending to a book that wasn't worth the cover price.
I only give it two stars because of a lingering affection for some of the characters, few of whom get much chance to shine in this stinker.
Cherijo is back, and doing what she does best!.......2004-03-09
This is a continuing story, and I very much recommend that you start with the first book, Stardoc, and read the sequels in order: Stardoc, Beyond Vallarean, Endurance, then Shockball. If you haven't, the rest of this review will contain spoilers for the first four.
Contrary to what a lot of other readers seem to think, I believe that Eternity Row has brought Cherijo back into her groove.
In this Fifth installment of the StarDoc series, Cherijo Grey-Veil is back on board The Sunlace with her husband/linguist Duncan Reever, and their new child Marel. With them on the huge HouseClan Torin ship are their two tag-alongs from Shockball; Hawk Long Knife, a Terran/Taercal halfbreed, and Dhreen, an Oenrallian who is Cherijo's former-friend and recent betrayer.
Eternity row starts with HouseClan Torin decreeing that they will no longer turn their backs on their enemies, and have outfitted The Sunlace for war, willing to declare ClanKill on any who attack. Being upset enough about this, Cherijo goes to visit Dhreen and accidentally shoots him, causing a grievous injury. When Dhreen wakes from his surgery, he has trauma induced global amnesia. And everywhere Cherijo goes, she is now followed by the suspicious new psychiatric resident Qonja, cousin to Clan Torin.
Eternity Row is packed with more adventure than the third and fourth books, which bogged down a little on the war between the League and the Hsktskt. Although The Sunlace rescues some ships disabled and floating with both League and Hsktskt survivors, Cherijo treats them aboard the Sunlace until they can be offloaded, and thankfully does not return to this in this installment.
Instead, they head for Hawk's home world of Taerca hoping that he can locate his father. What they find is an openly hostile race of dying people, living under strict religious standards. It's trouble on Taerca, and trouble after the leave the planet when Squilyp's mail order bride from Omorr arrives, a haughty little thing who immediately begins to push around the big Jorenians. Trouble waits for Cherijo still when they arrive at Dhreen's home world of Orenrall, where things are not what they seem to be. Orenrall is hiding a horrible secret from the universe, and its up to Dhreen to remember it before the Bartermen sell them all as slaves.
Eternity Row is back on the 5 star list along with books 1 and 2 in the series, recapturing the excitement, bizarre worlds and species, and helter-skelter race against life and death that Cherijo always gets herself tangled into. Strange planets, purple moulds, feline deities, squishy worms, planetary drug addictions, the strange ClanCousin Qonja watching her every move, and a racial struggle for death rather than life all will plant themselves in Cherijo's path and force her to confront them.
What I really liked about this installment in the series is that they put aside the war for a while to concentrate on bringing back the more sci-fi elements of the series. I like the books better when Cherijo and Duncan get along, their squabbling can get tiresome at times. And I love the places and Beings that S.L.Veihl can dream up, and was getting tired of the Hsktskt/League conflict.
The worst and most annoying thing about this installment is the baby talk that Marel speaks. Okay, I know she is supposed to be a precocious child, but I dearly hope that her speech is better in the next StarDoc book. And Ms. Veihl, you had better be working on it now, because I can't wait to take off again with Cherijo on her adventures. Enjoy.
The best book of the series so far.......2003-10-25
This one has to be the best book in the series. Eternity row finally shows us why Dhreen is the way he is, and why he betrayed Chejiro to her father. I don't want to give the plot away, but I will say one thing. The author really knows how to knock holes in one's preconceptions. Eternal life would surely be looked upon by us all as a blessing... well Viehl shows us the possible reality of such a thing and it is hellish. :¬)
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it's ok.......2003-04-25
I agree that books 1 and 2 were much more interesting. I admit that, before reading Shockball, I discovered Viehl had written some romance books and that tained my opinion of her writing. Hence, the intimate scenes in Shockball read like a romance and that annoyed me. I found several plot holes and contradictions but if you don't care about such things, the book is an ok read. The fate of the main character's "father" seemed somewhat anti-climatic but there was lots of other plot-finishing going on to make up for it a bit.
Stardoc becomes an obstetrical specialist.......2003-02-18
While I agree with some reviwers that this is not the best of the Stardoc series, those familiar with the characters will enjoy getting more deeply into the lives of the supporting cast. If you have never read a Stardoc novel before, this is definitely NOT the place to start. The author needs to get out of the obsession with reproduction and on to other topics. If you have read the other Stardoc novels and want to see what is happening with Cherijo and her extended family I would advise buying it used if possible.
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Still a wonderful reference.......2007-06-28
I had access to older editions of this book in our public library, and finally found one in a used bookstore. I was thrilled to find out it had been updated. I was disappointed to a degree, however. The older editions had many small bodies listed in it, which are nowhere to be found in this edition. I really enjoyed reading about some of these churches (I remember one was down to a single church). On the other hand, I think it is a plus that more coverage is now being given to non-Christian groups as these have grown in recent years in this country.
I still give it five stars, I just wish they had left some of the smaller groups in the book.
Always A Fair Representation Of America's Many Denominations.......2007-04-19
Extremely helpful when researching various group's beliefs. Unbiased, and fair to the individual Christian denominations that number in the hundreds here in America. So many churches. So many groups you may never have heard of. For example; when a certain minister in my church gave testimony that he once served in the Church of the Living God denomination as a pastor, a group formerly unheard of to me, I used this handbook for research into that group's background. I love studying the different beliefs that are a part of this nation's freedom to practice them, according to the dictates of our hearts.
A Great Up to Date Survey of American Religious Groups.......2006-07-16
Our church pulled out of the United Church of Christ in 2001, and our denomination search committee needed a resource to get more information. We were very happy to find this book. At your finger tips are brief sketches of practically every major religious group in the United States. Some of the essays are very brief in nature, while others are pages long. Still, it is an excellent starting point, and for most people who just want the basic facts, it is all the information a person could want on the religious movements in the country. And one of the other things I like about the book is that as far as it it is possible, the authors take a very objective position. No trace of bias or sectarian coloring mars the book, as far as I can tell. There is no way of discerning which denominational perspective the authors write from, and that's the way I like it.
Identity Crisis, But Still Helpful..........2006-07-03
Islam, Judaism, Gnosticism and more are included along with Christianity within the ever-expanding scope of this classic reference book. Supposedly selection is limited to those groups within the "Abrahamic-monotheistic tradition," but that's arguable, since it includes for ex: Mormonism (multiple gods throughout universe), Nation of Islam (succession of gods thru time), Unitarian-Universalism (not required to believe in any particular religious belief), and pantheistic groups. Other inclusion/exclusion oddities: Native American Church--in; Voodoo and Santeria--out. Spiritualism--in; Hinduism and Urantia--out. Unification Church--in; Taoism--out. Nation of Islam--in; Scientology--out. There are also inconsistencies regarding where within the book groups are listed: Messianic Judaism is not listed in Christianity, but in Judaism, yet Church of God and Saints of Christ ("Black Jews") are under Christianity and not Judaism. Sufism is listed under Islam, but Nation of Islam is not. Including such incompatible religions under the title of "Handbook of Denominations" implies theological (as opposed to social) toleration and some underlying fundamental agreement, which perhaps risks contributing ever so subtly to the psychological preparation for acceptance of an ecumenical religion that sacrifices biblical truth for the sake of societal unity. Fortunately, the authors say "future editions of the Handbook may require a different title" (though they do not suggest the possibility of narrowing the book's scope). Other books have used titles that more accurately convey their contents--"Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions and the Occult" or "Encyclopedia of American Religions," no problem.
The Handbook's strength remains its Christianity section, which makes sense of over 100 denominations by organizing them in families (31 alone in Baptist family) and goes beyond mere statistics (self-reported, by the way) to convey interrelationships in a historical narrative style. Even so, some groups get scanty treatment, for ex, Christian Identity groups are only hinted at by including minor groups like Branch Davidians, while others, like a certain nationwide TV ministry, are not even mentioned. Given both Identity's track record as a starting point for domestic terrorism and its increasing acuumlation of followers thru TV/internet, I wish the Handbook would mention prominent ID groups and their [...] serpent seed doctrine. One modern phenomenon this 12th edition has included, though, is "Community and New Paradigm Churches," saying that these "mega-churches" are "congregations that actually function as small denominations." Overall, despite concerns, the Handbook is now more up-do-date, and I strongly recommend it, but exhort discernment, as it not only displays subjectivity in terms of inclusion and self-reporting, but also in narrative description, for ex: Islam is "subject to unfair stereotyping," and "it seeks to build a just and peaceful society based on a rational moral code."
Top notch and up to Date.......2006-04-09
This is THE current standard work on Christian denominations and belongs on any pastor's or inquiring layperson's bookshelf. Now in its 12th edition, it is up to date and fresh while giving access to the historical and theological roots of our many denomination.
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Definitely glad I bought this........2005-04-09
This is just about the best book of its kind that I have found. I have bought several books in the past and not been very happy with them. The history of each denomination is covered thoroughly. In general, the beliefs of each denomination is covered, but I wish they had included another 1 or 2 paragraphs on the beliefs and practices of each denomination. The only book that MIGHT be better than this is the Encyclopedia of American Religions.
I was also wondering why Hinduism was not covered in this book.
Extremely Useful; Short Unbiased Summaries of Each.......2004-04-22
This book is an extremely valuable resource to quickly understand the basic beliefs of a denominations, especially those that set them apart from others. This book covers a vast number of denominations, obviously not complete but close to it. Each one typically has a statistic giving its popularity, followed by a short (typically no longer than 3 or 4 pages, but sometimes shorter) summary of the denominational history and distinctives.
Having used it to look at a few denominations with which I am familiar and many with which I am not, the authors appear to have painstakingly made the summaries as unbiased and fair as possible. Oftentimes, they quote directly from official denominational literature. I also appreciate the appendices which refer the researcher to further information on a particular denomination.
The large denominational categories covered, with many subcategories each are:
1. Adventist
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6. Congregational Churches
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21. Salvation Army
22. Spiritualist and Theosophical Bodies
There are many others that cannot be put under these broad categories that are too numerous to mention here. This book appears to have succeeded in what it set out to accomplish: give a concise but accurate depiction of various church sects throughout the United States.
Outstanding, comprehensive, exactly what I was looking for!.......2004-04-19
I was craving a book that would objectively give me information about the denominations in our country. I wasn't looking for a novel on each denomination, just a solid background sketch, and this book does just that. It really has any denomination you could want info on, and is organized just beautifully. It gives membership statistics of each denomination, and hte historical info as well as theological positions of each denomination is outstanding. Praise God for this book. It will be on my shelf within reach for decades to come.
Handbook of Denominations in the United States.......2003-08-12
Received book in very good condition and very quickly.
Just the sort of book I was looking for.......2003-07-12
It answers many of the questions I have about the various denomintations. I am currently looking for a Church and while it is no substitute for actually visiting the Church, this book helps to pinpoint the one(s) that would work for me.
Includes historical background for many differnt denominations. I first checked the book out @ the local library, but after returning it decided it was one I wanted to own for future reference.
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