Cal Audiobook (Unabridged)

" It wasn't bad, really, but not the greatest novel I ever read. "

" Brilliant Irish literature "

" This book was good and totally uncomfortable to read. Its a love story that takes place in Ireland, but it is not a typical book at all. "

" You know it won't end well, but you still root for Cal. "

" It is a good read. The ending was kind of telegraphed and was not a total surprise. "

" Miraculous writing. "

" This was my book at the oral finals in high school. Well, I didn't pick it, my English teacher did. Unfortunately I couldn't remember as much about the IRA as he expected me to, but all in all I did well. And it's a really good book, one I probably wouldn't have read if I it hadn't been required. "

" Was made read it in school. "

" Romeo O'Juliet meets Maggie Mae. A thoroughly depressing book from a thoroughly depressing time. An awesome writer. "

" I am writing my master's thesis on this book. It's awesome!...but in a "literature-that-epitomizes-the-conflict-of-Northern-Ireland" kind of way. "

" It's not that I didn't like Cal. I just didn't love it. I feel like I've read the "I'm stuck in the IRA but don't want to be" story before and done better. I didn't much care for Cal or Marcella, and their motivations struck me as a little shallow. "

" A young Catholic man in Northern Ireland falls in love with the Catholic widow of a British Protestant policeman whose murder he was involved in. "

" Tender as a bruise, is this book. "

" It misses true suspense and action. "

" This is a really wonderful story about an Irish Catholic, Cal, living in Belfast in the 70's. Cal becomes involved in a murder and falls in love with the wife of the man murdered. MacLaverty has really spun a fine tale here. "

" This is a powerful book about being caught between two worlds: the Catholic IRA of the 1980's and the Protestants of Northern Ireland. It is a mighty book, right through to the last page. "

" Not really my type of book so I didnt like it that much "

" It misses true suspense and action. "

" A very entertaining read about an ordinary young man in an extra ordinary situation. The movie, based on the novel, and featuring Helen Mirren is also worth a watch - if you can find it these days. "

" It's not that I didn't like Cal. I just didn't love it. I feel like I've read the "I'm stuck in the IRA but don't want to be" story before and done better. I didn't much care for Cal or Marcella, and their motivations struck me as a little shallow. "

" I love tragic stories. This one is good but not as good as tragics that I've read before. I believe that everything here that happened was because of the environmental forces actually, not that the own making of the characters. Its more on the political issue. "

" A great novel that deals with the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Cal falls in love with Marcella, the widow whom he participated in killing her Protestant husband. A tragic and passonate novel that you can't let down. "

" Although I liked the writing style, I felt this book was a sad tale of a man who's life was going nowhere. His guilt was all that he lived for. MacLaverty is a good writer, that's not the issue. The issues is that the book was nothing more than a sad story. Personal opinion, I guess. "

" This is a powerful book about being caught between two worlds: the Catholic IRA of the 1980's and the Protestants of Northern Ireland. It is a mighty book, right through to the last page. "

" Tender as a bruise, is this book. "

" This book was good and totally uncomfortable to read. Its a love story that takes place in Ireland, but it is not a typical book at all. "

" Romeo O'Juliet meets Maggie Mae. A thoroughly depressing book from a thoroughly depressing time. An awesome writer. "

" This is a really wonderful story about an Irish Catholic, Cal, living in Belfast in the 70's. Cal becomes involved in a murder and falls in love with the wife of the man murdered. MacLaverty has really spun a fine tale here. "

" A young Catholic man in Northern Ireland falls in love with the Catholic widow of a British Protestant policeman whose murder he was involved in. "

" It wasn't bad, really, but not the greatest novel I ever read. "