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Jane Singer Media Type: Paperback Number Of Pages: 228 ISBN: 0980245338 Publishers
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Booth's Sister
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I liked this book. I was able to get it when it was a freebie. It was a fairly quick and easy read. I don't think I would have picked it, if it hadn't been free.
I agree whole heartedly with "Transporting"--this is a truly amazing book. After finishing it last evening, I went right to OpenLibrary to try to find Asia Clarke Booth's book entitled, The Unlocked Book. They have it but unfortunately, not for Kindle. They do have a couple of other titles by her that might very well be worthwhile reading. I congratulate Ms. Singer on a creatively marvelous book! It took a few chapters to really get what she was trying to achieve -by then I was hopelessly hooked. She is a true talent and a thorough researcher.
The worst book I have ever tried to read in my life, and I read a lot. Would have given it zero stars if I could. Not interesting, drags, on and on....... First time I have never finished a book.
Disclaimer: I got this e-book for free in exchange for a review.
The book tells the story of Asia Booth Clarke who is placed under house arrest the night her brother shot President Lincoln. The book is divided into two parts, part one is when Asia reflects on her childhood and the second takes place in adulthood after the murder of President Lincoln.
The first part (young Asia) was difficult to read and confusing, but the second part (adult Asia) was interesting with its perspective and easier to get through. The writing style is old fashioned and heavy handed, I believe the author used Asia's diary and /or memoires as a guideline but the style didn't work for me; to boot there are a lot of Shakespeare quotations peppered around the book, understandable since the Booths were a family of famous Shakespearean actors, but instead of adding to the story I felt it just made it more difficult to read (too much of a good thing?).
I don't know what to think of this book.
I never really got into the novel even though it was an interesting read about an event we all know about, but from a fresh (to me) perspective. I was really looking forward to reading this book, maybe that's why I was not too thrilled with it.
As a teacher of American Literature, I admire Singer's deft knitting together of various events in Asia Booth's life that illustrate the oneness Asia felt with her brother John Wilkes and the conflicts related to that closeness. Singer brings to life the Booth family's dysfunction as well as its idiosyncratic creativity with unforgettable imagery and metaphor. From there she gives the reader an episodic narrative to construct the psychology of both Asia and John. Yes, the reader has to work to piece the story together, but that effort reaps a rich reward. As with all great literature, the novel deepens with each re-reading. Singer possesses a rare capacity to meld her scholarly research on the Civil War with engrossing fiction. A treasure!
How can a book be so boring? this book is a bad image to what Kindle is trying to do, make customers feel they choose the best books but this is a good proof there is not a concious choice of books.
I don't do a lot of reviews but decided I needed to do this one. It is a book that you love or hate, but personally, I liked it. If you have a Kindle try a sample. Booth's sister, Asia, wanted to be the actor and the favorite son but her brother got both parts. They have an intimate but not quite incestuous relationship and their crazy father made a mess of them both. As John Wilkes becomes more and more a confederate, pro-slavery radical,Asia struggles with her love of him and her opposition to his politics. Attitudes toward women are also a big factor in this book. Since they are all a little psychotic, the style is apparently not appealing to some, but I liked it. Don't make a decision on the overall average rating.
This book jump around and really lacked any sort of development for me to get into the characters at all. Great premise/plot, but wasn't thought out well. Left me a bit buggered to be honest. It could have been wonderful.
I never stop reading a book but this was a first for me. I bought the book when it was free for the kindle but it is a terrible read and the story never gets going.
Written poetically which I really liked although at times it was hard to follow. Really got me interested in the histories of these people surrounding the time period.
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I enjoyed it., July 29th, 2010 by Mitzi, 
Fairy Tale--Shakespeare--Stream of Consciousness--WOW!, July 9th, 2010 by Hardt2, 
Really Bad, July 2nd, 2010 by Trixies Mom, 
Fresh Perspective, May 25th, 2010 by Man of La Book, NJ USA