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.Midnight's Children (Vintage Classics)
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by: Salman Rushdie

May 01, 2008
Whatever controversies arise from Rushdie one cannot but marvel at the depths of his imagination. Midnight's Children whilst containing some of the most beautiful language and imagery is no easy read. As with most Rushdie novels we venture into the world of magic realism and we witness the life of a child born on the stroke of midnight hour when Nehru announces the "tryst with dynasty". Born with special powers Saleem is witness through the whirlwind of events that make up India's first thirty years and we see his attempted interfering. Again with Rushdie's novels we're unable to sympathise with any of the characters but nevertheless the strength of the writing keeps us plodding through.
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.The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Penguin Popular Classics)
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by: Robert Louis Stevenson

March 31, 1994
doesn't matter if you know the main 'twist'- everyone does and this doesn't really matter. this is extremely well written and a fantastic book.
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.When the Eagle Hunts (Roman Legion 3)
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by: Simon Scarrow

May 06, 2003

Simon Scarrow is a teacher at a Sixth Form College. He has run a Roman History programme that takes parties of students to a number of sites and museums across Britain and I assume that while doing this he gleans lots of useful information for his books on the Roman Centurion, Macro and his Optio, Cato.

First published in 2002, this is the third book in the series. The book opens in Britain in the year 43 AD. The Emperor has returned to sunnier climes leaving the Roman army to continue its rape of Britain. After a protracted effort the Second Legion have been instrumental in quashing resistance in Camulodunum, leaving time for Macro and Cato to rest with the rest of the Legion.

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.Under the Eagle (Roman Legion 1)
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by: Simon Scarrow

April 05, 2001
I am putting the same review on this book and Scarrow's latest one in the series, "Centurion". Now this one is poor; poorly written, bog-standard charactarisation and ho-hum action scenes, but...

By the time you get to "Centurion" we have an author who has settled into his style, still basic, but eminently readable, with the author's research and expertise in the subject lightly spread amongst the plot and the expansion of the major characters into almost loveable specimens.

So for those of you reading this review in "Under the Eagle" stick with this series, it gets way better.
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.Cold Granite
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by: Stuart MacBride

January 16, 2006
Let's get one thing right from the start: Macbride is no Rankin, no matter what you may read elsewhere. Whereas Rankin populates his world with complex, believable characters Macbride opts for tired, shallow cliché and toe-curlingly bad descriptions. He's also lazy, repeating the same descriptions over and over throughout the book, sometimes verbatim. That's either just poor writing or very sloppy editing.

I have no problems with the fact that the plotline is nasty and brutish - after all this is a serial-killer novel! However, Macbride seems to think that the more obscene and graphic he can be the more 'real' it is. Not so. Much of the obscenity does nothing to help the story. It's just there to elicit a 'yuck' reaction and ultimatly it bores and irritates. ... Read More:
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.The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Picador)
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by: Oliver Sacks

November 07, 1986
Fairly well written, and as someone who has no prior background in this field, it was easy to understand and descriptive enough to be interesting. it was not too technical that i got bogged down with terms, unlike some other neurology books i've read.
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.The Eagle in the Sand (Roman Legion 7)
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by: Simon Scarrow

May 03, 2007
Excellent series. If this is the first one you have read then you might wonder what all the fuss was about. As part of the series it is excellent. Not his best but better than the rest (authors)
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.An Offer You Can't Refuse
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by: Jill Mansell

June 26, 2008
It normally takes me months to read a book but this one had me hooked within minutes; I couldn't put it down and managed to read it in just two days.

As with all of Jill's books, everyone ended up with the most suitable partner; getting there was both tortuous and a delight, although at times the hoped-for outcome seemed out of reach. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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.The Origin of Species (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
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by: Charles Darwin

March 19, 1998
This is of corse the basis for modern evolutionary works ,that being so it's not quite acurate to todays knowlege so this book is more of a historical book.This particular book is of good quality and structure with detailed image of the different species used as examples.
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.Dexter in the Dark
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by: Jeff Lindsay

July 24, 2008
All I have to say has been said in other reviews, particularly about the author cashing in on the success of the series and previous books, but not really having any idea were to go. Dexter in the Dark changes genres from the first two books with appalling results. As a previous reviewer said, you can't say too much without giving away the plot, but what the author has done has removed all the uniqueness from Dexter, and made him an ordinary person facing an unusual situation. Dexter loses his charm, wit, and character and becomes boring.
I've given three stars because the book was an average supernatural thriller;as one in the Dexter series though it should be given a miss.
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