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Name: America for Beginners
Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Author: Leah Franqui
ISBN: 9780062668752

America for Beginners

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Jeanne B. (Albuquerque, NM)

Like Reading A Lifetime Movie
I think your appreciation for this book will depend on what you're looking to get out of it. If you want a feel-good, non-demanding story full of kind-hearted characters and happy endings, this is a pleasant, easy read. If a mixture of clichéd plot lines, wooden dialogue and painfully stereotyped scenic descriptions grates on your nerves, I would suggest taking a pass. Sadly, I fell more into the second category. I wanted to lose myself in the story but was repeatedly jarred to my senses by bad writing. I'm probably not the target audience for this book.

Peggy T. (Dallas)

Culture Clash
I finished this yesterday and still have feelings of ambivalence as to whether I really liked this book or not. The setting of a cross country trip was a good way to bring together these three characters who were as unlike as the situation would allow. It is a good debut novel but personally, I had difficulty with the prejudices of some of the characters. With time, some of these prejudices were overcome and some were not. The ending was hopeful for the most part but I still felt there was a pervading sense of melancholy even so. It was well written, a good book but it made me a bit sad. Maybe just not my cup of chai.

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