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Book Reviews of Fieldwork

Fieldwork
Fieldwork
Author: Mischa Berlinski
ISBN-13: 9780374299163
ISBN-10: 0374299161
Publication Date: 2/6/2007
Pages: 336
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Hardcover
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5 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Fieldwork on + 15 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Fantastic. I could not put it down. Drew me in and then haunted me when I put it down.
rose-juniper avatar reviewed Fieldwork on + 7 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
For some reason I could not get into this book. I tried a number of times to read it and never could. Maybe I was not in the mood for something quite so dismal.
reviewed Fieldwork on + 5 more book reviews
The author might have taken on more than he can chew with this first book. It starts out awesome. Unlike others, I loved the foray into missionary life in Asia during the turn of the century. It gave me a glympse into the mind-set of that age. I also loved the conversion of the masses vs. sustaining culture battle of the story. However, toward the end, the author just seemed to want to be done with the story. The characters get flat and the plot goes into the fantastical to create a platform to end the story quickly.

My advice: definitely get this book, but when the opium man comes knocking... skim to the end.
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This a a book your can't put down. No wonder it was a National Book Award Finalist!
BigGreenChair avatar reviewed Fieldwork on + 461 more book reviews
Unusual. It consistently was putting me to sleep even when I tried to fight it, but I did finish it. How does one say 'I kind of enjoyed it?' Mostly because it was so unusual and made me step out of normal reading comfort zones.