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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780618709861
ISBN: 061870986X
Label: Mariner Books
Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: September 01, 2006
Publisher: Mariner Books
Sales Rank: 24466
Studio: Mariner Books
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Rating:  - Mystery and depth
In the Lake of the Woods is an amazing journey into memory ands madness - the madness of war, the madness of past sins, the madness of staying with someone you are scared of. This book is not easy. It takes you into various levels of uncertainty and mystery. We all live with our pasts. Some are more fraught with pain than others, but all shape who we are today. The main characters of In the Lake of the Woods, John and Kathy, both have many layers of hurt and pain to deal with. There are many ... Read More
Rating: - The mystery of the human heart
"What drives me on, I realize, is a craving to force entry into another heart, to trick the tumblers of natural law, to perform miracles of knowing. It's human nature. We are fascinated, all of us, by the implacable otherness of others, and we wish to penetrate by hypothesis, by daydream, by scientific investigation those leaden walls that encase the human spirit, that define it and guard it and hold it forever inaccessible. ("I love you," someone says, and instantly we begin to wonder -- "Well, how ... Read More
Rating:  - interesting... another hit from O'Brien
Tim O'brien caught my attention in his book "the things they carried" and again did not disappoint me with "in the lake of the woods".. the complex, unique style of O'brien really gets the mind working and keeps the pages turning.
Rating: - In the Mind of PTSD
As always, Tim O'Brien's writing style is amazing, surprising. His structure is enjoyable to read, and re-read. I'll likely read this book again within the next few years just for the great description and prose.
However, as much as I enjoyed the style, it took me a few chapters to get into the story. Had I not previously read a couple of O'Brien's other books, I might not have granted it as much time as I did. Luckily, I did give the book a chance because as soon as the story picked ... Read More
Rating:  - The Dustin Hoffman School Of Writing...
SPOILERS.
This is the only O'Brien book I have read so far (though I hope to read "The Things They Carried" soon). And while I initially enjoyed the first half of the book, the second half was somewhat of a chore to get through.
For me, the constant hammering on John Wade's two possible motivations (dear old Dad and Vietnam) was numbing at first but then crossed the line into insulting.
The analogy (or is it metaphor - I *always* forget) of the Sorcerer/magician crap ... Read More
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