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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I loved this book. Haunting and engrossing.
This was the first Turner Hospital Book I read, and it had me from the first page. The delightful style of writing as well as the almost detective style plot both kept me reading until it was done. In the middle of my exam period at uni, I could do nothing else! Turner Hospital's repetitive theme of displacement is found again here in the character of Felicity and...
Published on January 9, 1999
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ambitious, sometimes successful
While not very long, this is a pretty ambitious book. It deals with political morality and individual responsibility. It speaks in the voice of several characters, and uses such literary devices as a narrator who stops to talk to the reader, acknowledges bias, and speculates on the truth of his story. At times it succeeds, but overall it is not nearly so good as it...
Published on December 22, 2003 by algo41
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I loved this book. Haunting and engrossing.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Borderline (Mass Market Paperback)
This was the first Turner Hospital Book I read, and it had me from the first page. The delightful style of writing as well as the almost detective style plot both kept me reading until it was done. In the middle of my exam period at uni, I could do nothing else!Turner Hospital's repetitive theme of displacement is found again here in the character of Felicity and her constant movement from childhood onward. Very topical in today's "global village" in which many of us find ourselves not sure where we belong, after living in and becoming attached to many different places, this theme is accessible but not laboured. Highly recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ambitious, sometimes successful,
By algo41 "algo41" (philadelphia, pa United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Borderline (Paperback)
While not very long, this is a pretty ambitious book. It deals with political morality and individual responsibility. It speaks in the voice of several characters, and uses such literary devices as a narrator who stops to talk to the reader, acknowledges bias, and speculates on the truth of his story. At times it succeeds, but overall it is not nearly so good as it might be. The plot reminds me of an episode of X-files, and I am not a big fan: sinister but not really credible forces at work. The one character Turner is really successful with is a well meaning, lower middle class insurance agent given to adultery and alchoholism.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Magical, scary, disturbing, haunting.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Borderline: 2 (Hardcover)
READ SLOW - you'll think you'll never get into this one but after 50 pages or so you'll find yourself swept along. Hard to describe the feelings this story evokes - like you've seen something you were not supposed to and you've been changed. This author has tremendous talent
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Borderline by Janette Turner Hospital (Hardcover - 1985)
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