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Meghan
Feb 22, 2009 rated it liked it
Shelves: own, rg-bookclub, historical-fiction, signed, kindle, book-club, south-american
The beginning is a bit rough (slow-going), but once the story got moving, I was hooked. You don't have to be a fan of opera to enjoy it either. I liked this book for all the reasons you might read why others hated it. I loved the impossibility of it and I thought the relationships were real and understandable.

My favorite thing is that Patchett got the idea for this story when she read about a hostage situation that happened in Peru. It really did last as long as this book's and in the end (of th ...more
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Marilynn
Jul 07, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Very captivating story. It reminds me of the murders of 770 schoolchildren by terrorists in Beslan, Russia, in 2004.
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Deborah
Aug 16, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: desert-island-books
I loved this book, it was so ... unexpected.
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Jennie
Jul 24, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: bookclub, latin-america
Robbie Bashore
Sep 28, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: bookclub
Tina
Nov 08, 2007 rated it it was ok
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Dec 17, 2007 rated it really liked it
Arctic
Dec 26, 2007 marked it as to-read
Shelves: modern-lit, rgbc
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Feb 06, 2008 rated it liked it
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Aug 20, 2008 rated it liked it
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Aug 21, 2008 rated it really liked it
Fictionaljuliet
Jan 31, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 50_books_list
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Mar 02, 2009 marked it as to-read
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Mar 08, 2009 rated it liked it
Aladdin Elaasar
May 23, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Mona
Mar 04, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: book-clubs
Linda
Aug 11, 2010 rated it really liked it
Martine
Oct 18, 2010 rated it it was ok
MichelleCH
Apr 13, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own
Sadie
Jul 08, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Oct 07, 2018 rated it liked it
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Kellie Demarsh
Apr 20, 2015 marked it as to-read
Arctic
Dec 09, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: given-away
Katie_marie
Jan 15, 2019 rated it did not like it
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