Customer Reviews

Matecumbe

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For those who are expecting a Michener masterpiece, this is a disappointing piece of fiction. The plot may have some parallels to the events of his personal life as stated in the afterword but this is where the value to the avid Michener reader ends. I received the book in the mail and sat down to it with great expectations. Finished it up the same night just to get over with it. I woud recommend it only to those who are interested in the genre of "Barbara Cartland" romance novels.

I'm a die hard Michener fan and had never heard of this book so excited to get it. I did read the reviews but I've loved things other people hated, and it was Michener!

I can't begin to say how disappointed I was with this story. Stiff, characters unbelievable, had no idea how he could have written it.

Then I read a biography by someone who worked with him in his later years, who he'd given this manuscript to. And this man says he ghost-wrote some of Michener's other books. He gave some explanation of the book, that it was supposed to represent this or that, but it was page after page of almost agony.

Wish I had never read it or the bio i got. I gave it one star only because it was JM.

I am a Michener fan from Florida so I was excited to stumble across this title. Unfortunately I did not read reviews first. I really can't believe that this book is by Michener. It is like a poor attempt at a Harlequin Romance novel, which would have been rejected by even the lowliest of publishers. It is a shame that it was published and now muddies Michener's literary reputation. It must be some kind of mistake, I keep thinking. So, very, very bad.I mean, really, unbelievably bad. Disturbingly bad.

I loved this book, transformed me to a place that I have never been. Allowed me to see the power of people and relationships. I feel that I knew the people in the story!

The book arrived in a good and timely manner.

However, I was disappointed that my $5. Harry Potter purchase credit was not used during this transaction. The credit has now expired, so it was just wasted. Your site should link such credits to purchases transactions.