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Nov 16, 2009
Ann
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it was amazing
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I've loved the movie of this book since it first came out, but for some reason never got around to reading the copy of the book I bought immediately afterward. (Blame my freakish book-organization/OCD issues.) Having finally read it for a book club, I can add it to my list of favorite books along with favorite movies. The humor of the book was obvious and immediately appealing, as was the charmingly well-intentioned heroine Flora and her macabre, over-sexed, exasperating family. I was pleased to
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Emma Woodhouse goes to Wuthering Heights. or something like that. For as often as the book references Jane Austen works, that surely must have been at least part of the author's intent. This is a cooly hilarious book, with witty little pokes at all manner of people, habits, and professions. I debated between 4 and 5 stars because there were definitely parts of the book that I didn't enjoy. Any time that the book stopped involving Flora and was told specifically from the perspective of the Starka
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I guess satire is not my thing. There were a couple of funny moments and I can see that it was parodying some older novels but it mostly seemed pretty silly and was not very satisfying.
This book just didn't do it for me. It was, however, much better than the introduction led me to fear.
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Written in the 1930s, Cold Comfort Farm is a parody of the "wild, moorish" school of novels which includes Thomas Hardy, D.H. Lawrence, The Brontes, etc. It's a wild ride and I enjoyed it but there was something a little slight about it. I felt like there could have been a little more plot but that's not a huge complaint on my part. It's still a fun romp (and yes, this is a perfect example of what one might call a "romp.") I remember watching the Kate Beckinsale film adaptation in the 90s and I
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Glad I persevered with this. It took me a while, but I think I've finally "got" it, and I ended up enjoying it, once it got to the actual plot.
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May 25, 2008
Annalisa Sofia
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Betty
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Beth Given
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Melissa
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really liked it
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