Savages [Import] [Hardcover]

Shirley Conran (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 512 pages
• Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson; Book Club (BCE/BOMC) edition (1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0283995289
• ISBN-13: 978-0283995286
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,671,601 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LT's review of Savages by Shirley Conran, January 20, 2002

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Larry H. Taylor (Sand Diego, CA., USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Savages (Hardcover)

The book is a real page turner if you like adverture and suspense. It takes place on an island off the coase of Australia and puts the reader in an environment of contrasting culture, modern day society clashing with jungle savagery. It brings out how modern people can revert to a savage to survive. On the down side (if there is one), I would like to see how the experiences change the lives of the survivors. There are many stories that could be written from the plots and sub-plots to which Shirley Conran exposes the reader. All in all its a book that will appeal to the feminist or the hard core combat reader. Thanks for the chance to express my views.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I could not put this book down!, January 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Savages: Savages (Paperback)

If you want to read a book that takes you away from your hum-drum life...read 'Savages' by Shirley Conran. Shirley takes the reader on a riveting ride through the unexpected perils of Paui. Shirley write of grotesque moral acts that make the reader ask the big question 'what would I do if I had to go through what the women in the story went through?...could I kill someone?...could I eat someone?...would I attempt cannablism if I was that desperate?" I must addmit that sometimes I wanted to slap some of her female characters for some of the stupid, 'female' things they did. I wanted them to grow up faster and triumph quicker...but the developement of the characters through trial and error made the story so rich and the ending that much more satisfying. I rate books on how disfunctional I become when I read them. I could not put this book down. I give it my disfunctional two thumbs up. Good reading. Thanks Shirley.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunningly realistic!, September 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Savages: Savages (Paperback)

I just finished Savages for the second time. The first time was about ten years ago and my children (now grown) remember me reading exciting parts of the book to them. This time I would have had to read the whole book to them. I work for a company where we are taken on staff trips. I can recognize each chacter in the book and on staff. I love this book and would so enjoy a sequel to it.