Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Winter's Tale
Book Review: Magical
Summary: 5 Stars
Familiarity with New York City and upstate New York make the difference between 4 and 5 stars.Book Review: Mark Helprin's writing
Summary: 5 Stars
Have finished Helprin's The Pacific and now reading his Winter's Tale.
He is an elegaic writer; both thoughtful and a craftsman in writing. I particularly enjoyed the short stories: like looking at a Fabrege egg, each detail carefully planned.
Book Review: Maybe a book for a loooong winter's night
Summary: 2 Stars
Mark Helprin's book was extremely self-indugent. While some of the writing was beautiful and evocative, the overall feeling that I got from reading this book was that I was on a never-ending trek through a blinding snow storm. I finally took refuge in the warm feeling that there was no requirement to get to the end of this arduous journey. I left the book unfinished(unusual for me) and moved on to a more pleasant sojourn with an Ann Tyler novel.Book Review: Maybe not smart enough
Summary: 4 Stars
loved the book, but it takes work. Would strongly recommend Soldier of the Great War, my favorite novel of the 90's.Book Review: My Favorite Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
What can I say? I loved this book. Helprin makes magic with words. A masterpiece.