Run
by Ann Patchett
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Book Reviews of Run
Book Review: disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
My mother told me I'd enjoy this book and lent it to me. I won't say I didn't enjoy it to some degree - I kept reading, at least - but the book felt rushed, as if the author hadn't fully thought it out.
I didn't find the characters or the circumstances believable, and enough with the magical negro, which both the girl and the mother continually threatened to become. The only believable character in the book, in my opinion, was Sullivan, and I would have much preferred to read a book about him. The rest of them were either flat or fairy-tale perfect.
I feel like the author wrote this in a flurry of ideas and really she needed to put her first draft away for a couple of years and then come back and make it into something much better.
Book Review: typical Ann Patchett
Summary: 4 Stars
The former mayor and father of three (1 natural and 2 adoptive) Bernard Doyle is the protagonist is Ann Patchett's bargain priced novel Run. I won't say I'm the biggest Ann Patchett fan and during the course of reading Run I felt like the tome would last an eon or so, but I did finish it and can't say I was all that disappointed. In fact, I might even go as far as to say I enjoyed it. In typical Ann Patchett style we are given a family that is dealt some serious blows and must learn to cope.Book Review: RUN AWAY FROM THIS ... FAST!
Summary: 1 Stars
This was probably one of the worst books I have ever read. The premise was a good one, but Pachett did nothing with it. She made some situations, so far-fetched, the whole plot became unbelieveable. All the characters were flat and boring. I felt nothing either way for the characters. I do feel embarassed for Ann Pachett, who put out this sophmoric book. Even at Amazon's bargain price, RUN away from this one.