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" This is a hard book to review: it will definitely not be everybody's cup of tea. I had started it once years before, then set it aside, and finally read it at a point in my life when I had the time and the patience. It is massive! But I've never read anything at all like it. It's about America and Americans, Time, Fantasy, the 19th Century, and lots more. Ultimately I found it to be a fascinating, provocative, and important work of American literature. At this point in time the 1957 MGM movie adaptation is more famous than the source novel. That's a pity. The movie is interesting in its own way, although its really not very good. And it barely begins to capture the scope of the novel; its plot follows the novel's outline in only the most cursory fashion. The novel RAINTREE COUNTY is a challenge, for its size if nothing else. But, for me, it remains one of those handful of books that crept into my psyche and changed what I thought a book should be. "
- Karl, 2/19/2014
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" The story of Johnny Shaughnessy, would admit I didn't really finish this I also didn't finish watching the movie. "
- Marts, 2/10/2014
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" Read a long time ago. Can't remember the story, just that it was one of the most depressing sagas I had read to date. Set in Indiana. "
- booklady, 2/1/2014
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" Oh I remember reading this SO long ago and just lingering on each and every word. Its a wonderful book. "
- Andy, 1/10/2014
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" The saying that it is not the destination but the path comes to mind when I think of this book. Johnny's attempt to find the mythical raintree, from which flows endless prosperity is the destination; however, it is the path, strewn with prototypes from American history, that stand out most in my mind. The prose remember in this way; in addition to being lyrical, like a river, each chapter ends in an incomplete sentence that is finished by the subject of the first sentence in the next chapter. It is a good time to pause and contemplate the interconnectedness of all things, and sometimes to laugh at the incongruity of it all. "
- Keith, 1/10/2014
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" A big beautiful book, lost to us, but it shouldn't be. It is so American, so poetic, so magical. Come back, Mr. Lockridge. You shouldn't have killed yourself. "
- Gezagaz, 12/23/2013
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" I understand that this is a "classic," but it simply wasn't my cup of tea. There were too many digressions and not enough actual story to hold it all together. I can see the bare bones of a great novel here, but it doesn't come together properly for me to appreciate it. "
- Graceann, 12/12/2013
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" Good story but it took quite a while to get there... lot of wordy conversations that got a little boring at times. "
- Donna, 11/23/2013
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" Might be a little too deep for some people but I found it to be a really good read. I would LOVE to go back through this book and count the number of times 'Raintree County' is mentioned in this book. Holy cow!! "
- Kathy, 6/30/2013
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" The writing style was so florid that I just couldn't get past it to enjoy the storyline or characters. "
- Katie, 4/14/2012
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" I have a first edition of this. Great story! Love, loss, friendship, war; it has it all and is written perfectly. "
- Heather, 4/12/2012
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" Excellent novel.....very hard to read, yet fascinating, provocative, "
- Kerry, 9/20/2011
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" Having started this book several times in the past and having given up because it was sooooo long, I finally decided to give it the time it deserves. It's a wonderful book. I loved it. "
- Charr, 7/16/2011
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" 1st half great. couldn't finish "
- Carolyn, 2/14/2011
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" This is billed as "Gone with the Wind for the north." But I just couldn't get into it. Lots of characters and it jumps around in time a lot. Maybe another time. "
- Amanda, 2/28/2010
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" I read it in highschool and loved it. Wonder if I would find it the same now! "
- Barbara, 10/13/2009
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" A total sleeper. Soaring. Could have used some editing; but brilliant and brilliantly written. "
- Miam, 3/21/2009
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