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Sebastián Cifuentes zapeo — Cold Mountain was better

石丸 靖 gracefulyoe290 — ** spoiler alert ** (I recently re-read this book for my book club.) My first reading of the book almost 10 years ago was a complete delight…and a crushing experience. Ha! No, seriously, the book is *sad* and I remember feeling nearly bereft at the fate of the characters and at not being able to have them in my life for longer despite the great length of the book. This time around, because I anticipated so much misfortune but couldn’t remember the specific details (with the exception of a few key moments in the book), I was almost relieved that all the potentially horrible moments in the book didn’t necessarily turn out as I feared they would as I read. That is, the characters careened toward the brink over and over but fate managed to put the brakes on, averting disaster at the last moment. For that reason, I think I was able to appreciate the small joys and happy moments even more than the first time around. Overall, the book portrayed despair and disappointment, but there were precious moments of hope and gladness as well, and I especially enjoyed that the characters were able to appreciate those moments, too. This time, as with the first, I fell in love with the characters’ humor and quirks; despite the profound sadness of so much of it, I laughed aloud repeatedly. At the end, the ones who were worst off were still able to hang onto that joy unlike one in particular who despite his relative comfort couldn’t deal with life and gave up. I thought these two passages were key: “Then what did you do?” “What can anyone do in such circumstances? Accept it, and go on. Please always remember, the secret of survival is to embrace change, and to adapt. To quote: “All things fall and are built again, and those that build them again are gay.’” “Yeats?” guessed Maneck The proofreader nodded, “You see, you cannot draw lines and compartments, and refuse to budge beyond them. Sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping-stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.” He paused, considering what he had just said. “Yes,” he repeated. “In the end, it’s all a question of balance.” (A Fine Balance, pp. 228-29) ----------- He rearranged his hand, discarded a card face-down and announced, “Rummy!” After presenting his completed sequences, he analysed the errors others had made. “You should never have thrown away the knave of hearts,” he told Dina. “That’s why you lost.” “I took a chance.” He gathered up the cards and started shuffling. “Okay, whose deal is it?” “Mine,” said Dina, and accepted the deck. (A Fine Balance, p. 565)

Tiago Ludwich _iago_udwich — It felt like the chapters were written separately, not in order and then slapped together. Timelines would jump around with no clear marking, there were conflicting references. Story wasn't strong enough to handle these annoyances for me.

Jorge Castellanos _agink — I thought that this book was full of drama and I love a book with a lot of drama in it. It the kind of book where once you pick it ujp you cant put it down cause you want to see what happens at the end of it.