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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 12, 2000
Pros: Good writing style
Cons: Never seen a more annoying, self-pitying, whiny heroine in my life...
Summary: I'm of a mixed opinion on this book. On the one hand, it's true that this male author seems to have amazing insights on the female character Delores. He explores her psyche, and knows her through and through. Rare quality in a male! He also has a ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 5, 2000
Pros: delightful, unpredictable
Cons: hard reading, not for everyone
Summary: This wonderful book written with a woman's point of view and sensitivity was surprisingly written by a man. Wally Lamb couldn't have wrote a more touching story.
She's Come Undone, is a touching story, with some twisting outcomes. This book is ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 31, 2000
Pros: wonderful characters, feminine appeal
Cons: slightly depressing, you may cry
Summary: I, being the teen that I was when I read "She's Come Undone" was amazed at the true to life depiction of a girl's battle with her weight. I personally have never had trouble with weight but my body image is none to be desired. You can translate ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 30, 2000
Pros: Excellent, Fast read, Makes you Feel
Cons: None
Summary: My mother is a avid reader, so she lent me this book, "She's Come Undone," by Wally Lamb. I wasn't expecting it to be a great book, but as it turned out I was very impressed. I reluctantly had to give it back, but I'm thinking I should go over ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 30, 2000
Pros: An enjoyable, deep, cleansing book
Cons: depressing
Summary: Wally Lamb's novel "She's Come Undone" is such a captivating book . The main characters voice entirely believable it vacuums any reader in.
The odd thing is, the main character is a woman, and the book is obviously written by a man. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 25, 2000
Pros: you can really feel the main character's emotions
Cons: not my type of story, really
Summary: I read this book a few years ago upon the suggestion of friends. I'll admit that I'm not a huge fan of the "woman overcoming huge crisis and remains strong" type of story, so I was biased going into the reading. However, this book seemed ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 24, 2000
Pros: Well written.
Cons: Complex situations sometimes overwhelm the underlying story.
Summary: I repeatedly looked back to the author bio not believing that a man had written such insight into womanhood.
Wally Lamb shares an amazing story about a young girls journey into maturity. Delores Price, beginning at the age of thirteen is ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 20, 2000
Pros: interesting, detailed, language
Cons: lots of sexual encounters.
Summary: Wally Lamb helps his readers get inside the character's head. He doesn't hesitate to show the thoughts of a rebellious adolescent. He portrays the way many teenagers feel, and shows the way a select few of them act on these feelings. He shows life as ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 17, 2000
Pros: inspirational, quick and easy, readable a thousand times over
Cons: the fall into depression before the sunrise
Summary: I adore this book!! I cannot get over the fact that it was written by a man. It is so on point that I wonder how he knows. The heroine is at one point, sad and pitiful, but through the entire thing all you want her to do is survive with a smile on her ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 13, 2000
Pros: Intricate, Moving, and hilarious....Simply the best
Cons: N/A
Summary: I read "She's Come Undone" about a year or so ago and upon completion found myself disappointed....that it had ended. "She's Come Undone" is by far the best book I have ever read. It gives an intricate, moving, and often ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Mar 6, 2000
Pros: A book you can't put down
Cons: You don't want it to end.
Summary: Wally Lamb brings to life one of the most colorful characters I have ever read about. Dolores Price is something else. You find yourself at times hating her and at other time cheering when she over comes what life has dealt her. From rape to obesity she ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 3, 2000
Pros: interesting plot,great characters
Cons: some extremely sad parts
Summary: I read She's come Undone 2 summer's ago and it is definitely one of my favorite books I've ever read. First of all the fact that it was written by a male about a teenage girl with so much detail and with personal issues is unbelievable to begin with. I ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 3, 2000
Pros: good character development, interesting plot
Cons: very depressing, inconsistent ending, graphic sexual descriptions
Summary: I'm not sure how I felt about this book. It is well-written, very well-developed, and the main character is someone that I think anyone could find something to relate to. Reading this book, you forget that Dolores is a fictional character.. she seems ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Mar 3, 2000
Pros: Wonderful character depictions
Cons: lots of twists and turns
Summary: on a journey into the heart and soul of a young woman. I had to keep reminding myself that this book was written by a man. He went deep into the heart and soul of a young girl and then brought her into womanhood as if he had experienced it himself. ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Feb 29, 2000
Pros: Gripping
Cons: Can't put it down
Summary: A few points that strike the Wally Lamb reader:
It is literally amazing that a man could capture the soul of this woman on paper . . . Next, the interwoven milestones in history that accompany Dolores Price through her years of dynamic change put ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 29, 2000
Pros: Good dialogue
Cons: Ending needed some work
Summary: Wally Lamb is amazing. Never have I seen a man be able to put himself inside a female character and give here a true-to-life voice such as this male author has done.
"She's Come Undone" takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 25, 2000
Pros: Attention-keeping, Quick read, Relates to a lot of People
Cons: Depressing
Summary: There are so many dysfunctional relationships in this novel that I think anyone that reads it can relate. Rape, insanity, domestic violence, depression, etc. are all present in this novel. Obesity is the most prevalent theme, an effect of the ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 12, 2000
Pros: It is very easy 'to get into'.
Cons: Not long enough! It all went by too quickly!
Summary: This has to be possibly the best book I have ever read, and I have read many. The fact that it is written by a male author is extremely surprising, obviously some men really do understand women!
The book basically revolves around Dolores (the main ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 10, 2000
Pros: A book where the main character doesn't fit a mold.
Cons: Wanted more at the end
Summary: I read She's Come Undone in a week, and I am a slow reader. The book really draws you in. I couldn't put it down. You keep checking the bio of the author, because you can't believe a man wrote this great story so accurately in a young girl's ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 6, 2000
Pros: Easy reading
Cons: trade size paperback, not as easy to carry around
Summary: Wally Lamb reaches inside the female psyche and tenderly pulls out a story that all of us can identify with ... that one moment in your life that you were unpopular, that horrible trauma that you somehow survived, that blessed moment when you finally ... read more
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ISBN13: 9780671003753. ISBN10: 0671003755. by Wally Lamb. Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc.. Edition: 92
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