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John Lithgow recommended A Bright Shining Lie in Books (curated)

 
A Bright Shining Lie
A Bright Shining Lie
Neil Sheehan | 1998 | Biography, History & Politics
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Book Favorite

"This is the most gripping book I’ve read about the Vietnam War, written by a New York Times journalist who, along with David Halberstam, was one of the best on-the-ground chroniclers of that chapter in our history. And because it focuses on one single, indelible character, it reads like a great novel."

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Sarah (7800 KP) rated The First City in Books

Dec 19, 2017  
The First City
The First City
Joe Hart | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A great final chapter
This is such a good final chapter in the Dominion trilogy. It’s such a rollercoaster ride throughout, I could barely put it down and it’s very well written. It almost had me in tears towards the end and there are some very good twists and surprises throughout.

My main issue is still with Zoey. She’s grown on me a little in this final book, but I still find her very frustrating at times, doing things that just don’t make sense. I’m also not entirely convinced about the ending of this book, it’s almost a little too happy and fairytale. Although this is just my opinion, as I tend to prefer depressing endings as opposed to happy ones...
  
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Behind Her Eyes in Books

Jul 27, 2017  
Behind Her Eyes
Behind Her Eyes
Sarah Pinborough | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.9 (18 Ratings)
Book Rating
That ending...wait until the last chapter
I spent about 90% of the time umming and ah-ing about whether to finish this book or not. Most of the time I felt irritated bordering on bored, or brushing certain elements of it as downright ridiculous. So here's how you should listen to it. It is not a psychological thriller in the conventional sense, parts of it requires suspending all disbelief and just accepting for what it is.

But wait until the last chapter.

And your head will spin 180 degrees to make you realise the past 290 pages was all a fabrication of some sort.

Not a perfect book, could have been a lot shorter, but a very good climax.
  
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Kelly Rettie (748 KP) rated The Couple Next Door in Books

Feb 15, 2020  
The Couple Next Door
The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
7
8.0 (75 Ratings)
Book Rating
Easy to read and follow (0 more)
Lots of twists
Contains spoilers, click to show
Started this book and got into it from the first chapter. A couples baby goes missing while they are having dinner at their neighbours. The husbands business is failing and hes desperate for money, and so I thought "okay I know what happened". This book starts you off thinking it's super predictable, but then more twists show all those involved. At the end when the baby is finally home, it appears all is well and a happy ending.... in the last chapter one last twist means no happy ending after all. All in all easy to read and follow, just 300 or so pages of plot twists that make you want to keep reading to get the full truth.
  
    Tamil Bible - Bible2all

    Tamil Bible - Bible2all

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    We are proud and happy to release Tamil Bible in iOS for free. This app contains both "Old...

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Goddess in the Stacks (553 KP) rated A Hundred Veils in Books

Sep 6, 2017  
A Hundred Veils
A Hundred Veils
Rea Keech | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Good pacing, wonderful descriptions (0 more)
Pretty good book
So the book is set at the very beginning of the Iranian Revolution – Marco is an American English teacher who’s come to Iran for a year. While there, he falls in love with his roommate’s cousin. The book is really their love story, while surrounded by political and religious unrest.

The writing is excellent. I’m sure I would get more out of the book if I could read Farsi, as each chapter is begun by a few lines of poetry in Farsi, written in both Arabic script and English letters. But the pacing is perfect, the descriptions apt – I really enjoyed this book.

Read my full review at https://goddessinthestacks.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/book-review-a-hundred-veils/