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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780316782500
ISBN number: 0316782505
Label: Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: March 01, 2001
Publishing house: Little, Brown and Company
Sale Popularity Level: 19380
Studio: Little, Brown and Company
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A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational ax murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. (Can you guess which one?) She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness. The plot weaves between the narrative of the eyewitness and Jean's private struggle with jealousies and suspicions as her marriage teeters. A rich, textured novel.
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A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational ax murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. (Can you guess which one?) She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness. The plot weaves between the narrative of the eyewitness and Jean's private struggle with jealousies and suspicions as her marriage teeters. A rich, textured novel.
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A fascinating interweaving of storylines between the past and present. In the past there were murders and in the present in a photojournalist who is doing a story of the murders.
The book weaves the past and present well as the story develops (both the past and present) and more twists and turns develop and charactors go through revealing more and more of their stories.
Some of the situations may be a little off of when charactors take certain actions, and some of the motivations have been seen before (lost love, tortured artist) but overall the book works out to be a entertaining one.
Perfect book for the beach or you just want a little time to read.
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What an amazing novel. Anita Shreve is a master at her craft. I have read all of her novels and feel this was her best. She has the ability to "dive" into character's thoughts and provide a riveting story.
I recommend her as an author for anyone who likes to feel a part of a story and read it straight through the night!
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This was the second Anita Shreve book I gave a try after forcing myself to finish the boring and flatly written "The Pilots Wife", and I have to say, by comparison, I found it to be a pleasant surprise. Although the exposition becomes a bit tedious at times and I did find myself skimming through pages here and there, overall, Shreve is pretty skillful at balancing the two interwoven stories and drawing out thier parallels without clobbering the reader over the head with them. This isn't the kind of book that will be for everyone, I think that part of the reason for that is that in trying to conjure up the mood of isolation experienced by both Maren in the distant past and modern day Jean on the tiny little boat crammed with complicated interpersonal dynamics, the story can begin to feel a bit boring. But, overall, I think that's intentional on the author's part and, in greater scheme of the book, is mostly sucessful. In some ways, the feel of the narrative reminded me of Margeret Atwood's 'Surfacing", although that was a better realized novel. This is definately not a "feel good" story, but it is certainly interesting and has a stark and haunting quality to it that is quite effective. And despite the slowness, it all builds up to a pretty shattering and deftly written climax that literally socked me in the heart.
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I like Anita Shreve's writing as a general matter, but I found THE WEIGHT OF WATER to be disappointing. In particular, all the modern-day characters were unlikable and thinly drawn, which made it difficult to emphasize with any of their problems. The flashbacks to the historical period were awkward, and I found the ending of this book quite jarring and pointless. The pacing of the book is plodding and lacks any true suspense.
Overall, I found this to be a depressing, unsatisfying read. For those interested in trying Shreve, I recommend trying THE PILOT'S WIFE instead.
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I loved how seamlessly the narrative moved between Jean's and Maren's stories, how at very first they sparked off of each other in momentary connections, and then melded.
Jean's and Maren's matter-of-fact voices bely the molten activity beneath the surface of both until the killing eruptions break through.
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