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2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment., August 27, 1999

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This review is from: Wrack: A Novel (Hardcover)

The characters seemed shallow, without depth given to some of their pasts. The plot droned on and on...with me pursuing only to find the ending, which was disappointing. The lack of quotation punctuation was annoying. It felt like a cheap show with gratuitous sex thrown in for appeal. If you like historic mystery try: City of Light instead.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Wrack - It's not as simple as you think, February 28, 2003

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This review is from: Wrack: A Novel (Paperback)

I read 'Wrack' for my final year at High School in Australia and upon first reading it found it to be uninteresting and dreaded spending a year studing 'Wrack'. After re-reading it and discussing it with my teacher and classmates I discoved the many layers of this very deep and suprising novel. Bradley explores so many issues in this book and examines the characters relationships on many levels that I finished my school days feeling that I had read a great novel by a very talented writer.

So give 'Wrack' a chance - it's a great book!

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4.0 out of 5 stars A writer of immense promise, September 21, 1999

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This review is from: Wrack: A Novel (Hardcover)

This story of intersecting love triangles is a thoroughly absorbing but ultimately unsatisfying read. The opening pages promise a depth of emotion that is never fully realized as the book prgresses. Still the skillfull writing and a powerful grasp of history show that Bradley is capable of great things. I expect to see truly extraordinary work as his writing matures.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Beach Chair Read
This may not be a literary masterpiece but as first effort one must recognize its relative strengths. Read more

Published on May 22, 2009 by Jeffrey Swystun

4.0 out of 5 stars Obsession, archaeology,murder, and love
WRACK is heart breaking story of love and obsession. Mixing a search for proof that the Portuguese were the first to reach Australia with a murder mystery and a love story may not... Read more

Published on February 21, 2009 by J. Carroll

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Love Stories And History
"Wrack. A Novel" by James Bradley.

Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1998.

A novel set in Australia, about two love stories that take place fifty years... Read more

Published on October 17, 2008 by John P. Rooney

1.0 out of 5 stars just bad...
I don't know what's up with the state (or politics) of Australian letters that a book this bad would receive such critical acclaim, but there must be some serious mojo afoot... Read more

Published on July 22, 2004 by C. Cottrel

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Author - Disappointing Novel
This was the first novel by James Bradley I have read, and I was disappointed in it -- but I will read another. Read more

Published on September 15, 2003 by disheveledprofessor

1.0 out of 5 stars The worst book I have ever read.
I read the reviews on the book's back cover and expected greatness. As the first review stated I indeed kept turning the pages -- but only to skip over the chapters that had... Read more

Published on March 23, 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Mystery, Love Story and History Combines
I feel obligated to give Wrack a good review - it was well written, completely engaging, functioned on a few different levels and was well thought out. Read more

Published on February 22, 2002 by Chris MB

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine read!!
You'll learn more about early Australian history, and the history of map making, than you'd ever imagine. Read more

Published on November 5, 2001 by Samuel W. Harnish, Jr.

4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating mystery with a historical twist...
This book was a surprise to me...I thought it was merely a mystery from all the reviews I had read, and even from the cover of the book itself. Read more

Published on June 18, 2001 by K. L Sadler

3.0 out of 5 stars Shades of English Patient
One cannot help but notice the similarity between THE WRACK and the ENGLISH PATIENT. I made two attempts before I could finish EP and as I began this work, I made up my mind I... Read more

Published on April 7, 2000 by casasera

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The various discoveries which had been made upon the coasts of Terra Australis antecedently to the present voyage are of dates as widely distant as are the degrees of confidence to which they are respectively entitled... Read the first page

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Java la Grande, Finally David, Terra Australis, Cape of Good Hope, Dauphin Map, Isles of Gold, Casa da India, Indian Ocean, Kurt Seligmann, New Guinea, Cape Bojador, Cape York, Treaty of Tordesillas, Captain Bell, Finally Veronica, Mercator's Projection, New South Wales, South America, Still Kurt, Twice David

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