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Oryx and Crake (Madd Addam #1)

Margaret Atwood

7.9 (11 Ratings) Rate It

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Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future....

Sci-fi Dystopia Genetic engineering Adventure

Black Widow Vol. 1: S.H.I.E.L.D.'S Most Wanted: Volume 1

Mark Waid and Chris Samnee

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They wowed you with Daredevil, now the Eisner Award-winning team of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee take...

Anthroposophic Medicine for All the Family: Recognizing and Treating the Most Common Disorders

Sergio Maria Francardo and R. Stenner

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This invaluable book not only provides practical suggestions and advice regarding common medical...

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Apr 29, 2021

Goodnight, Brian

Steven Manchester | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry

2.0

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The concept of this book originally interested me and I found the first few chapters where the tragedy that caused Brian's disability is uncovered takes place moving. However, I quickly grew tired of Mama and found her a very manufactured, unrealistic character who was just too "perfect". Her "clever" answers in how to bring out the best in Brian and the myriad of problems the rest of the family faced seemed to serve no other purpose than to allow the author a platform from which to preach at us. This, in my opinion, was painfully unsubtle and fiction should not be used as a vehicle for moralising, but to merely describe the experiences of characters, their feelings and reactions which provoke thoughts and empathy within the reader. I did not finish this book as the sermonesque style ultimately became unbearable!