A Home at the End of the World, (Paperback)

from PrincessPaulina

* NO Spoilers were used in the writing of this review! * This is an example of a well written and engrossing plot about a cast of annoying characters. I couldn't relate to these people or care very much about them because they're glaring examples of the negative qualities plaguing modern society:...

from brocade

One of the most powerful openings to a novel I have ever read. The writing is pitch perfect throughout. However--big however--the middle dragged and I found the ending sentimental. Ultimately, despite all the excellent qualities in this novel, I was disappointed.

from FrkFrigg

This book was nothing like I imagined. Somehow I'd gotten the idea it was a bit like some Australian TV-series I saw some of a couple of years ago, don't remember the name, but it was about a family that moved around, something like that. Don't remember it so clearly, but this book reminded me of...

from Bembo

A touching tale of two young boys, each from a troubled background, who grow up togerther and enjoy a brotherly love and a sexual relationship. One then the other moves to New York, there are new charcacters, new relationships and finally a new location, but it is the love between the two that fo...

from rainidontmind

"You don't necessarily meet a lot of people in this world."This is the first of Michael Cunningham's books I've read, but I will be reading all of them. He just flat gets it. By the time I was halfway through, I more or less disliked two of the three main characters, but I wasn't tired of reading...