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From: Faith Williams <faithmw>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:46:58 -0800 (PST)
I have just finished it and I didn't like it much. It seemed to me missing in wit and energy. What amazing times were covered! The Amsterdam setting had charm. But the juxtaposition of the two stories just did not work for me; it was as if the two lives missed each other. I did not become interested in Ton or Daan. Grandmother Sarah never appeared and did not seem real to me, but I think she might have helped connect the stories. For young adults, there are surely many other books written mainly for adults that would be more rewarding.
Faith Williams
--- Pat Iacuzzi
wrote:
====Faith Williams, children?s librarian DCPLibrary 698374 http://www.mybookmarks.com/public/fmwill H. 202 36289
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Received on Thu 27 Mar 2003 07:46:58 PM CST
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:46:58 -0800 (PST)
I have just finished it and I didn't like it much. It seemed to me missing in wit and energy. What amazing times were covered! The Amsterdam setting had charm. But the juxtaposition of the two stories just did not work for me; it was as if the two lives missed each other. I did not become interested in Ton or Daan. Grandmother Sarah never appeared and did not seem real to me, but I think she might have helped connect the stories. For young adults, there are surely many other books written mainly for adults that would be more rewarding.
Faith Williams
--- Pat Iacuzzi
wrote:
====Faith Williams, children?s librarian DCPLibrary 698374 http://www.mybookmarks.com/public/fmwill H. 202 36289
__________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com
Received on Thu 27 Mar 2003 07:46:58 PM CST
