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Title: Bone People ..not for the squeamish Review: Extremely interesting book. The characters of Joe, Simon, and Kerewin (sp) are vividly drawn. The subject matter is serious, child abuse, alcohlism, destruction of culture, despair, cancer, isolation. Yet with all this it is a book that celebrates life.The prose is dense and evocative. The author is excellent at building a sense of place. The descriptions of their time at the beach are incredible. I could feel the rocks beneath my toes and the cold wind blowing.Their are some graphic scenes of violence and pain. The fishook incident made me want to pass out (having put more then my share of fishooks into my own thumb).The discussions of Maori culture just make me want to read more about this period in New Zealand's history.Not the easiest book to read, but well worth the effort. Does this product review convey a negative or positive sentiment?
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Title: Was not for me.. Review: It did not work for me. I think that the product could have had better instructions. Also the packaging was not as it looked.. Does this product review convey a negative or positive sentiment?
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Title: should've been a non-fiction Review: Toxin is not a very good book. What starts out, seemingly, like another Robin Cook thriller quickly turns into a rant about managed health care and the beef industry. There's also several gaps in the story, like he started writing it, got bored and left, then came back later and started forgetting where he was going the last time. The ending sucked. There was no finalty, to wrap up, not even something to think about it. Shortly into the book you're left scratching your head about the characters. The main two, Kim and Tracy, don't act like typical parents, or any of the other situations where you'd expect normal people to act...Toxin is a scary book. You'll stop eating (hamburgers) for a while. Cook makes really great points about managed health care, the USDA, and fast food in general. Just think it might've read better had Toxin been a non-fiction book about those subjects than trying to slop some half-baked fictional story around it... Does this product review convey a negative or positive sentiment?
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