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A Separate Peace
by John Knowles

A Separate Peace
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Author: John Knowles
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1985-01-01
ISBN: 0553280414
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Bantam

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Book Review: Very Interesting, though depressing
Summary: 4 Stars

This was a very nice read... I had to read it for summer reading. Though short, I kept me wrapped in the storyline of a boy and his `perfect summer' at a boarding school in New England (flashback: Dead Poet's Society...).

It started off as though it were going to be, basically a `summer reading book', that is to say that it was just some narrative and just ended up with some lesson in life. That is true of the book, but also it is a good book because it describes the human condition. It describes human weaknesses and then brings them out to in a book. This is very compelling and the most interesting part of the book.

This is a very depressing book, and I had trouble getting through it because it is hard to accept some of what is going on. I mean, plot turns, surprises, and intrigue all happen in this book (most of them being depressing, though)... and yet it's not a mystery!

A great read, but only if you can stomach the ever-so-present depressing scenes and happenings of the book.

A. A.

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