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Skye (original poster member #325) posted at 8:48 PM on Monday, December 5th, 2011
No, it's not about turkey! It's a novel about how people react after millions go missing one day--maybe the rapture? There's a little bit of infidelity in the story, but I thought it was done very well.
Am curious to hear others' thoughts.
trumanshow ( member #25624) posted at 9:35 PM on Monday, December 5th, 2011
Is it by Tom Perreta? I have it on hold at the library
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Her prize is a man who ran out on his wife and children. His is a woman who is too stupid to understand that she is not special, she is simply there.
Skye (original poster member #325) posted at 9:44 PM on Monday, December 5th, 2011
Yes, that's the one. Please come back to discuss when you finish.
uncertainone ( member #28108) posted at 10:20 PM on Monday, December 5th, 2011
Tom Perrotta is a genius and his "The Abstinence Teacher" was also great.
"The Leftovers" was also good. Rather bleak, but very topical!!
Me: 37
'til the roof comes off. 'til the lights go out. 'til my legs give out, can't shut my mouth
Skye (original poster member #325) posted at 10:30 PM on Monday, December 5th, 2011
uncertainone, I also liked "Little Children." I was trying to think about what I would have done under the circumstances. I did not totally understand the character, Laurie.
before the disappearances
I don't want to say too much to spoil the book, so if you want to pm me with your thoughts, I'd love it. 
wildbananas ( member #10552) posted at 11:10 PM on Monday, December 5th, 2011
I just started it this weekend - I'm about 40 pages in. So far, not bad.
Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light. ~ Yogi Bhajan
wildbananas ( member #10552) posted at 10:18 PM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
I just finished this yesterday and I have to say I'm sort of "eh" about it. I thought the characters were very strong and realistic; I liked them a lot. But the plot, while an interesting premise, didn't live up to what it could have been. I thought there were too many loose ends after I finished it and the ending didn't make a lot of sense to me.
Ergo, I liked it well enough but wouldn't reread it. I'll be posting it on Paperback Swap.
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Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light. ~ Yogi Bhajan
cmego ( member #30346) posted at 3:30 AM on Friday, December 23rd, 2011
I read it too. It was one of those books that "haunted" me a little after I finished it. The "how would I have handled it??" and the "what if that really happened??". I don't like loose ends to a story either, but overall I thought it was a good book!
me...BS, 46 years old.
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Skye (original poster member #325) posted at 1:22 PM on Friday, December 23rd, 2011
I also found it haunting. I don't know if it is just me, but may books I'm reading these days seem to have "loose" endings. In some ways I hate it, but on the other hand, I can imagine a happy ending.
I don't think Perrota could have had a tight ending to this book. To me, it would have seem too contrived if he had. Don't want to spoil it but would talk more PM's.
I felt the character of the book was ambiguity so the end had to be that way.
It has haunted me, too, cmego.
Wildbananas, I love paperback swap but I rarely
reread a book, so I use my library lots!
traicionada ( member #10310) posted at 2:58 AM on Friday, January 6th, 2012
I hated this book from begining to end 
Too many loose ends, no real character development and most important the ending was major blah 
Real love is a CHOICE, NOT a feeling...
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