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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jan 12, 2002
Pros: The conflict between the environmentalist and the landowner
Cons: I really could find nothing to complain about
Summary: This story is set in the big sky country of Hope, Montana, population 519.
The preface page statement is by Black Elk, Ogallala Sioux (1863-1950). Black Elk explains the Indian belief that everything in The Power of the World is done in a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 11, 2000
Pros: great research on wolf biology, tight plotting
Cons: none
Summary: There is at the core of each of us a hunger, a yearning for the wild places of this earth. Most of us are like housecats, who visit tame, fenced-in places and pretend that they -- and we -- are wild. Some of us are like range cattle, who spend their ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 3, 2000
Pros: Beautiful love story. Well written novel. When you finally get hooked you won't let go of the book.
Cons: Slow start. You have to read about 140 pages before it grabs you.
Summary: I should start by telling you that they way the book starts you are likely to not read it all through. In my case I read the first chapters and it didn't seem get anywhere. After that I read a few pages a day for a couple of weeks and suddenly I was ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 20, 2000
Pros: Fast enjoyable read, good characters
Cons: Formula fiction
Summary: The Loop by Nicholas Evans is a highly readable piece of formula fiction with an ecological flavor. All hell breaks loose in a Montana ranch community after a wolf, which may have been placed by the forest service as part of a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 18, 2000
Pros: huh
Cons: what cons?
Summary: I must say first that I was not expecting this book to be better then the Horse Whisperer that I had so fallen in love with and had read three times before the movie came out. I figured it would be of the caliber but just lacking what his first one did. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 29, 1999
Pros: Jack London has some competition!
Cons: Not for the squeamish or faint-hearted
Summary: Then don’t pick up this book! But if you love a well-told tale, full of vibrant colors and dynamite characters, you won’t be able to put this one down! Even the bad guys in this book are complexly drawn characters you may shed a tear over. However, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 26, 1999
Pros: Good info on wolf biology
Cons: Bit of a stretch on the love story
Summary: Nicholas Evans has written another appealing book that incorporates the eastern and western United States and the different philosophies of each. The Loop is a tale about wolves, their intrinsic value as creatures of the earth and their destructive ... read more
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