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Set in Ireland between the 1900s and 1950s, Shade is a haunting novel of love and war.
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"Using the ghost of the main character was an interesting technique and, as bizaare as it sounds, actually worked well. I was engrossed from the start. The characters and their relationships are interesting and the impact of passion, obsession and betrayal upon them ultimately reveals all. I became an obsessive reader!"
— Marport (5 out of 5 stars)
Shade Listener Reviews
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" I don't get all the hype for this book. I didn't actually enjoy reading it until page 180.... "
— Breanne, 12/30/2013 -
" In Ireland, just because you're dead doesn't mean you don't get a say. Lovely. "
— Padraic, 12/27/2013 -
" it was a good book,a little hard to follow in parts,it was sad but Jordan paints a picture of childhood innocence and describes the era and the location so well you feel like youre there.Its my first novel by Jordan so i think i would probably read some more of his work. "
— Sandra, 12/19/2013 -
" I enjoyed parts of this book more than others as I found some of the switches between characters confusing. Overall a very interesting read. "
— Manda, 12/18/2013 -
" Agree that the beginning was tough, but after 14 pages, it was readable and I recommend it "
— Wendy, 12/18/2013 -
" The book is beautiful. Jordan's use of language is awe-inspiring. Hands down one of the best books I have ever read. "
— Jenn, 12/5/2013 -
" Wordy and slow starting but good. "
— Julie, 7/19/2013 -
" Read for "Contemporary British and Irish Fiction," English capstone seminar, SP10 (Mary Smyth). "
— Michelle, 7/6/2013 -
" Although the dialogue was a bit too poetic for children speak, too many Shakespearean observations and ten dollar words, I thought the story was engaging enough to allow for a bit of writer's fantasy. A little slow, but a good read. "
— Jessica, 5/4/2013 -
" 2.5 stars. I liked the idea of the book but the style wasn't my taste. It's the type where instead of ever really saying what is happening in a "big moment", the author talks around and around it so you have to infer what he means. For me, that gets old. "
— Dana, 4/20/2013 -
" A superior use of the same metafiction device (narrator is "speaking from the grave") as "The Lovely Bones." Give Bones a pass and read "Shade" instead. "
— Dale, 9/11/2012 -
" Slow, sensual, beautiful but confusing in parts too. "
— Rida, 6/26/2012 -
" Deeply imaginative,sad, funny. Beautifully written. I shall look out for more by this author. "
— Kathy, 6/15/2012 -
" Jordan certainly has a talent for beautiful prose and paints a vivid landscape in this novel. Unfortunately, I found the jumps in time and narrative voice confusing, and the parts of the book that glowed served to magnify the more stagnant portions. "
— Lara, 8/3/2011 -
" it was a good book,a little hard to follow in parts,it was sad but Jordan paints a picture of childhood innocence and describes the era and the location so well you feel like youre there.Its my first novel by Jordan so i think i would probably read some more of his work. "
— Sandra, 3/27/2011 -
" I enjoyed parts of this book more than others as I found some of the switches between characters confusing. Overall a very interesting read. "
— Manda, 12/9/2010 -
" Wordy and slow starting but good. "
— Julie, 6/9/2010 -
" Read for "Contemporary British and Irish Fiction," English capstone seminar, SP10 (Mary Smyth). "
— Michelle, 4/18/2010 -
" Agree that the beginning was tough, but after 14 pages, it was readable and I recommend it "
— Wendy, 2/20/2010 -
" Amazing writing - very puzzled as to why this didn't win the Man Booker prize. Jordan is so much more than screenwriter (The Crying Game, Etc...) <br/>Big thumbs up! "
— Sarah, 7/13/2009 -
" The book is beautiful. Jordan's use of language is awe-inspiring. Hands down one of the best books I have ever read. "
— Jenn, 2/26/2009 -
" Slow, sensual, beautiful but confusing in parts too. "
— Rida, 1/31/2009
About Terry Donnelly
Terry Donnelly is a narrator and an actress who has appeared on television in Law & Order. She is the narrator of more than a dozen audiobooks, and her reading of Quentins by Maeve Binchy was a finalist in 2003 for the prestigious Audie Award in the category of Solo Narration – Female. She earned an AudioFile Earphones Award for her reading of The Gathering by Anne Enright in which she was praised for “capturing [the author’s] every subtlety.”