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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An unexpected delight!, February 11, 2003

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trang le (San Francisco, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mushroom Man (Hardcover)

Wow. Once again: wow! Her prose is like a roller coaster ride, extremely fun, making scenes and life spin so fast, it's like nothing you've ever experienced before. I was impressed with how tight this whole thing is--this being a first novel and all. After I read this book, I did a little research on the author and found out that she was only 22 when she published this book!

It's an extremely well-written story full of innocent candor and dark sexual irony. It does not unnecessarily dwell on things. Sophie Powell avoids every single pretentious mistake so commonly seen in other writers' first books.

I am sure even greater works will most defiantely be penned by Powell. This work is also great. It's absolutely great! I'm not very good at reviews, and usually don't write them, but after reading this book, I just had to write one. This is one of those books that makes you grab someone and tell them that they ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK!

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5.0 out of 5 stars I'm so glad I came across this book., February 10, 2003

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madamejoanna24 (New Orleans, LS, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mushroom Man (Hardcover)

I always do searchs on this page for new books by first time novelists. It's a good way to keep on top of who's who in the next coming years. I would definately have to say that Sophie Powell is going to be up there.

The title is a little weird, even a little bland, and misleading. Because I thought this was a children's book. After three words, i was like no this isn't. And is it a book for adults or what!

The language is so fresh. It just flows through your ears as delicately as music. I really think this book is an absolute most definate you-can't-ignore-this-rec must read.

Once again. Amazing. This is the type of book you read once, then again. Then again and again.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Powell's words are like whimsical fairies in your head, February 15, 2003

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"jeanlamour77" (Providence, RI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mushroom Man (Hardcover)

I can't begin to express who wonderfully writtin this book is. Powell's writing is so amazingly different from the norm. It is extremely experimental, and yet very very accessible. Powell has done the impossible: she has created something completely new it the English language, and at the same time, made so very accessible for every and anyone (literary minded or not).

This is book is a good start to bring good literature back to the masses.

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3.0 out of 5 stars a light, quick, read
I suppose a story involving estranged sisters, extra marital affairs with nannies & missing children, would not normally be a breezy read, but in the case of The Mushroom Man- it... Read more

Published on February 17, 2004 by lady detective

2.0 out of 5 stars PERHAPS I'M MISSING SOMETHING...
...but I don't think so. I've read most of the reviews below, and the only one I can really agree with is the one that only gave the book one star - I wouldn't slag it quite that... Read more

Published on May 15, 2003 by Larry L. Looney

5.0 out of 5 stars A grownup fairytale
Charlotte and Beth are sisters. Charlotte lives in London with her 6-year-old daughter, Lily, and her straying husband, Richard (straying with their au pair, Pavlova). Read more

Published on April 9, 2003 by Anna Klein

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb read
What a wonderful read. I'd recommend this book to anyone. I intend to read everything this agent brings to press, as she's obviously identified a hot new author. Read more

Published on March 20, 2003 by Harry Flashman

4.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed with the ending
Here's a writer who really builds you up so you're tense in your chair and whipping the pages over quickly. The writing style just engulfs you. Read more

Published on February 21, 2003 by Steve Katz

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is written with a lot of fearless edge
When reading the mushroom man, I often stopped and enjoyed the reading buzz the writing style was giving me. Read more

Published on February 21, 2003 by Tina Madsen

5.0 out of 5 stars I don't usually read that much, but I really liked this book
This book came to me word-of-mouth a couple weeks ago, so I made my very first purchase on Amazon, and read something I wasn't assigned for the first time--well, for the first... Read more

Published on February 21, 2003 by goucla88

5.0 out of 5 stars Lily Newman is an absolute treasure
This book is lush with detail, and bears an eloquent reverence for imagination and humor and people. Read more

Published on February 19, 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Powell's words are like whimsical fairies
This book is a myth in it of itself! Once you start reading the first page, everything becomes extremely dreamlike. Very surreal and fast-paced and extremely engaging. Read more

Published on February 15, 2003 by jeanlamour77

5.0 out of 5 stars I absolutely LUV Lily Newman!
If you're the type of reader who loves to get caught up in characters, then BUY and READ The Mushroom Man! Read more

Published on February 15, 2003 by Salome

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Charlotte sinks into the smothering smell of her leather-lined Jaguar, slams the door, and turns on the ignition to open her electric window and say a few last words to her husband. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
green spiky hair, mushroom man, turnover cake, invisible fairy, tree palace, plum juice, mushroom picking

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Police Officer Number One, Mushroom Man, Jacob Jones, Police Officer Number Two, Princess Fairymostbeautiful, Liquorice Spiders, Little Welsh Bobbin Lace Shop, Felipe Llewellyn, Swiss Army, Lady of the Forest, Peter Pan

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