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Opinion Summary
John Jakes Brings the Immigration Experience to Life in His Novel Homeland
by AliventiAsylum | May 22 '03
Pros: characters have great depth, good references to historical events
Cons: long, some events are too coincidental to ring true

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OVERALL RATING
Product Rating: 4.0



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Re: Simply Wonderful Review! (Reply to this comment)
by AliventiAsylum
Thank you so much!

Patti
May 26 '03
3:54 pm PDT

Re: I Think - (Reply to this comment)
by AliventiAsylum
I definitely believe he was tired of the characters by the sixth novel - it really seemed to show. He did the best thing and concluded the series, despite what his original intention was.

Thanks for the comment!

Patti
May 26 '03
3:54 pm PDT

Re: Quite an author (Reply to this comment)
by AliventiAsylum
The period pieces were wonderful. I was upset, though, at how much the miniseries' stuck to the books in the beginning, then began changing as they got towards the end.

Thanks for the comment!

Patti
May 26 '03
3:53 pm PDT

Simply Wonderful Review! (Reply to this comment)
by ruby950
You really did a great job on this one!

My best,
Deborah~
May 24 '03
10:14 pm PDT

I Think - (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
it would be interesting to visit Jake's new set of characters. His last few novels on the Kent family left me pretty cold. In my opionion, he is a good author when his heart is in it.

Virginia
May 22 '03
2:34 pm PDT

Quite an author (Reply to this comment)
by lorace
I absolutely loved The Bastard and North and South when they ran on TV. I thought they were two of the most fascinating mini-series I had ever read.

Thanks for this good review, I enjoyed it.

Lorace
May 22 '03
12:03 pm PDT
   

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