Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
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Book Reviews of Cold Mountain
Book Review: A wonderfully lyrical book
Summary: 4 Stars
Frazier has a wonderful way of telling a story. The language is wonderfully lyrical as he tells this Civil War era love story of a Southern deserter and woman he left behind. Both have changed in just about every way other than their attraction for one another. While I found this book to be extraordinary in its writing, I give it only four stars because it does drag from time to time. Still, this is a hearty recommendation.Book Review: Great love story.
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a wonderful love story as well as a compelling Civil War story. It's a bit violent in parts but definitely worth owning. I bought this one to replace my original copy, which my husband lost on a deployment. I just had to have a new copy. I did not see the movie but am very certain that all the major parts(Jude Law and Nicole Kidman???!!!) were horribly miscast and disappointing.Book Review: Eh-
Summary: 3 Stars
I just read a review from another reader that said that they threw this book in the trash when they were about 100 pages from the end. I am at that point, and while I won't throw it away, I am struggling to get through it. It's not that I feel it's written poorly or the characters lack depth, it's just boring. A whole page devoted to the task of yard work. I don't enjoy yard work so why would I want to read page after page about doing it? I know there there are other things going on but the detailed descriptions of corn cribs and bedspreads do not entice me to turn the page. It's not the worst book I've ever read, but I wouldn't recommend spending full price on it. Do go near it if you have ADD.Book Review: I loved the movie, so I thought I would love the book
Summary: 3 Stars
I loved the movie 'Cold Mountain' so when I found the book on a bargain rack I snatched it up. Unfortunately the book is very slow reading at times, and it took a while to draw me in. Once I was about halfway through the book it did hold my attention and I felt compelled to finish it (and stay up late finishing it!) Parts of the writing are just beautiful, other parts not so much. And although the book does a good job of capturing the horrors of the Civil War through Inman's memories, I didn't feel that it captured the fear and deprivation on the home front as well as the film did.
Overall, I was a bit disappointed, but I would still recommend reading this book.
Book Review: Dark, slow and depressing....
Summary: 3 Stars
I wanted to like this book. I read good things about it, and since it's set in the Cherokee Nation area of North Carolina I thought it would include lots of natural beauty. But in reality it was a real downer of a book, slow to plod along and with an unpleasant ending. I never did see how it's a great love story, but maybe it was too subtle for me. I know it's set at the ending of the Civil War, which was a time of much suffering and violence, but I had a hard time making myself read 450 pages of it.
Anyway, if you're looking for a Gone With The Wind kind of romance, or anything other than hunger, cold, suffering and depression, this isn't your book.