Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
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Book Summary Author: Olive Ann Burns Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2007-09-04 ISBN: 0618919716 Number of pages: 400 Publisher: Mariner Books Product features:
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Book Reviews of the Cold Sassy Tree
Customer Review: Cold, Sassy, Bore
Summary: 1 Stars
I was required to read this novel for a summer reading assignment, and what a nightmare it was.
There was absolutely no plot. I felt like I was merely following a day-to-day journal of some boy who apparently had a dull, dull life. Much of the book, especially in the beginning, dragged on. Many of the events that were portrayed in the book, such as the camping episode, seemed to have absolutely no relavence to the story at all. While there were the very rare moments where the story made me chuckle, much of it was putting me to sleep.
Perhaps one of the most aggrivating parts of the book is the dialect. The tongue of deep Southerners can be hard enough to understand in person, and reading it is even worse. Half the the time I could have sworn that the grandfather was trying to make a point, but all I could focus on were the unbelievable amount of apostraphies and the strange wording that was used.
I found most of the characters to be ignorant and very plastic. They were constantly worrying about what other people thought of them, and though it may be what people back then were like, it creates nothing but irritating and one-sided characters. The grandfather, Will, and Miss Love were tolerable, but every other character just caused me flinch every time they appeared.
I also still fail to see what the relevance of the tree is in the novel, other than the fact that the town was named after it.
I honestly cannot recommend this book.