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| Title | : | Wish You Well |
| Author | : | David Baldacci |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | April 3rd 2007 by Grand Central Publishing (first published September 30th 2000) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction |
David Baldacci
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.98 | 21799 Users | 2451 Reviews
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Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her family. Then tragedy strikes -- and Lou and her younger brother, Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on their great-grandmother's farm in the Virginia mountains. Suddenly Lou finds herself coming of age in a new landscape, making her first true friend, and experiencing adventures tragic, comic, and audacious. But the forces of greed and justice are about to clash over her new home...and as their struggle is played out in a crowded Virginia courtroom, it will determine the future of two children, an entire town, and the mountains they love.Point Books Toward Wish You Well
| Original Title: | Wish You Well |
| ISBN: | 0446699489 (ISBN13: 9780446699488) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Virginia(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.98 From 21799 Users | 2451 ReviewsAppraise Regarding Books Wish You Well
Throw that cheesy Vampire down the stairs, while you're doing that, toss this one as well. You will not ever get these hours back in your life :)I am going to make this one short and sweet. I have never read anything by David Baldacci before as the only books I saw by him seemed to be legal-type books which I don't read much of. But after seeing Wish You Well on the shelf at the local library, it sounded like a book I could not pass up. Because I really didn't know what I was in for, the first chapter or so didn't have me convinced, but once I got to about the third chapter I was totally captivated!! This was such a beautiful story! I
This was a sweet story about a couple of kids that are given more hard knocks than they deserve. I normally dont like it when authors switch genres (see: James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell), but this was wonderful writing from Baldacci. The ending is a little sugary-sweet-fairy-tale-ish, but its forgivable.I felt a little bit of an extra connection to this story because it is set where I live. Im not quite in coal country, but Im on the cusp of it. People around here hold on to their way of life
I am not a Baldacci fan...never read another of his books. But this is not characteristic of his legal thrillers. This is a beautiful story about 2 children learning what is really important in life...and it's NOT money. I've heard that in many places this is becoming required reading at the junior high/high school, level and it should be. It would be most impactful for this age. I loved it and will remember it long after I forget many of the other books I have read. I wish everyone would read
Alright, I'm not going to be eloquent about it, but I HAVE to add my two cents because there are just too many glowing reviews of this book. It is so so sooooo cliche, every plot device comes straight out of made-for-TV movies, which several reviewers have commented. Makes me think of Umberto Eco's essay on Casablanca, "The Cliches are Having a Ball," because the whole thing is a mishmash of courtroom drama and wistful 'long-lost simple life' tropes. The ending is ridiculous. I think I have an
Halfway through I thought I would have to put the book down forever (forever ever? yes. forever ever) because it felt like the book was taking a godly turn a.k.a a Milla-will-put-down-the-book-forever-ever turn, because I really dont want to read about how God saves everything, because, yeah, I dont do sci-fi, okaay? AnyhowThe book is about a sister and brother who lose their parents in a car-wreck, and gets sent to live with their great-grandmother on a mountain.. Well, they lose their father,
Everything about this book is terrible. The writing is sloppy (once you've written 800+ books, do you get a free pass on editing?), the plot is predictable and contrived, the characters are flat, and the theme of belief in the face of despair is bludgeoned in with no finesse. Spoilers Ahead! (Kind of. This book is so predictable it'd be hard to spoil.)The whole storyline is weak, but the ending is almost fantastically ridiculous. The previously comatose mother wakes up saves the day in the
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