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Empire Falls
Empire Falls
Author: Richard Russo
From his first novel, Mohawk, to his most recent, Straight Alan, Richard Russo has demonstrated great affinity for the tragicomic human condition, and here he expands his geographical and psychological claims on the small town, blue-collar heart of the country.Empire Falls, Maine, has seen the inexorable failure of its logging and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780613810401
ISBN-10: 0613810406
Publication Date: 4/2002
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  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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4.5 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush
Book Type: School Library Binding
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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 kermitreads avatar reviewed Empire Falls on + 53 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 9
Good book about crazy families and how to live with them without throwing yourself into traffic.
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Helpful Score: 7
Very well told story of a small town. Many well-developed characters.
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Helpful Score: 6
This book describes life in the small town of Empire Falls, Maine through the lives of its inhabitants as they struggle to survive - both economically and psychologically - in a town that has seen better days. The book won the Pulitzer Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of the year.
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Helpful Score: 4
Excellent book! The story is easy to follow and very intense in parts.
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Helpful Score: 3
Winner of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, 'Empire Falls' has a great plot and very real characters. Poignant, humorous and just a good read.
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Every book seems to have a start-up phase where it take some amount of pages before I can really get into it. I almost quit this book because at page 100 or so I was still not that interested in the story line and wondered where it was going. Well I am so thankful that I did not shelve the book at that point because it picked up and the rest of it really was a pleasure. So while I loved most of it, I rate it only three stars because it has a slow start. This author writes amazingly well; I appreciate how he writes this story (and others I've read- Straight Man is good too) using the various perspectives of the characters so you get not just one viewpoint but a compilation of them.
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This was a most enjoyable book. I found as I read more, I couldn't wait to pick it up again to finish it. I especially liked the relevance to Maine areas, where I've been. I would definitely recommend this book.
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I loved this book!
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I actually have mixed feelings about this book. It most certainly kept my interest but there were times when his writing style frustrated me. All of the characters were flawed and some just evil, so perhaps, that was my difficulty in reading about them. The ending is quite explosive.
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enjoyable read
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This is the book on which the HBO series was based. Complex characters paint life in a small town way in vivid colors. You will root for the good,strong characters to succeed and cheer for the controlling types to "get theirs."
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Not Russo's best (that would be "The Straight Man," but a good read with vivid characters.
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I have tried to readh this several times and just cannot. someone must like it because it has been made into a t.v. movie.


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