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The Silver Linings Playbook

Matthew Quick

Start date: March 1, 2015

Finish date: March 31, 2015

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Mar 09, 2015 Kara rated it really liked it

Shelves: book-club, nook, romance

I liked this a ton better than the movie. And now I'm going into why which contains some indirect spoilers about the endings of both the movie and the book. (view spoiler)

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This was a very quick read: I ...more

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Dec 11, 2016 Nadine in NY Jones rated it it was ok

Shelves: audio, lotsa-buzz, fiction

2 stars. But it's a "strong" 2 stars, because although I didn't think this was all that great, I did find it reasonably entertaining.

I went into this cold, which is unusual for me, but not unheard of. All I knew was that it involved mental illness (thus fulfilling a reading challenge category), and it had been made into a movie with Bradley Cooper (because I could see Bradley Cooper's face staring at me from the thumbnail for the digital audiobook I downloaded). I would have enjoyed this audiobo ...more

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Aug 05, 2013 Andrea rated it it was amazing

wow...one of the few books i didn't want to put down lately. Watched the movie as soon as I finished the book...the movie was god..the book as always is better! ...more

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Mar 25, 2014 Bea rated it really liked it

I would give this a 3 1/2.

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Dec 29, 2014 Megan BG rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-that-are-movies-or-tv

It was a quicker read than I expected. I wasn't sure how I felt about Pat at the beginning, but about 1/3 of the way through, I was definitely rooting for him. I found myself reading everything in Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence's voices, since I saw the movie a couple months ago. ...more

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