The Weight is worth the wait!

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	• The Weight of Water Anita Shreve Amazon Remainders Account, 1998 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 202 reviews view larger image
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Engaging read.

I like the fast reading and multiple story lines in this book. Anita Shreve's books are never slow and boring. This one was one of my favorites by her and I am a big fan. I also like that it involves sailing and the sea. One of Anitas best!

Magma

I loved how seamlessly the narrative moved between Jean's and Maren's stories, how at first they sparked off of each other in momentary connections, and then melded.

Jean's and Maren's matter-of-fact voices bely the molten activity beneath the surface of both until the killing eruptions break through.

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The Weight is worth the wait!

What an amazing novel. Anita Shreve is a master at her craft. I have read all of her novels and feel this was her best. She has the ability to "dive" into character's thoughts and provide a riveting story.

I recommend her as an author for anyone who likes to feel a part of a story and read it straight through the night!

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Worth a try.....

This was the second Anita Shreve book I gave a try after forcing myself to finish the boring and flatly written "The Pilots Wife", and I have to say, by comparison, I found it to be a pleasant surprise. Although the exposition becomes a bit tedious at times and I did find myself skimming through pages here and there, overall, Shreve is pretty skillful at balancing the two interwoven stories and drawing out thier parallels without clobbering the reader over the head with them. This isn't the kind of book that will be for everyone, I think that part of the reason for that is that in trying to conjure up the mood of isolation experienced by both Maren in the distant past and modern day Jean on the tiny little boat crammed with complicated interpersonal dynamics, the story can begin to feel a bit boring. But, overall, I think that's intentional on the author's part and, in greater scheme of the book, is mostly sucessful. In some ways, the feel of the narrative reminded me of Margeret Atwood's 'Surfacing", although that was a better realized novel. This is definately not a "feel good" story, but it is certainly interesting and has a stark and haunting quality to it that is quite effective. And despite the slowness, it all builds up to a pretty shattering and deftly written climax that literally socked me in the heart.

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