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I'm a little disturbed by how much I can relate to Raskolnikov's incessant inner dialogue.

Reread this and found it much more enjoyable the second time around.

Sad. Depressing. Eye opening. Accurate? I don't know. But it helped me think about things and as a result I've had some very good conversations with my husband and kids.

Fantastic in audiobook format. I really felt like he was telling me his story, and his impressions of celebrities are great.

Audiobook version. This was incredible. Scary as all heck. I'll never look at a clown without suspicion again.

Audio version. Great, suspenseful, fantastic narrating from both characters.

Really feel this book helped me appreciate Stephen King's writing.

Listened to the audiobook on a long drive. Wil Wheaton is fantastic narrating this futuristic tribute to the 1980s.

That this story is based on her real life is astonishing – talk about a survivor!

Listened to it on Audible. So wonderful to knit to. Old-school awesome.

Great book. Trask and I listened to the audio version on our drive to LA and it was funny and touching. This strikes me as one of the early books taking a frank look at the effects of hunting on wildlife and also exposing the government's sanction of it.

This book was crazy, but totally absorbing. Fictionalized history of polygamy in the mormon church and current polygamist sect intertwined together in a murder/mystery.

Just listened to this book via audible. The narration was fantastic and it is such a wonderfully written novel. I loved listening to it and knitting along to Jane's story. I hadn't read it since high school, and its always interesting to revisit a book and find how your own life journey can change how you experience a book.

I loved this book and am dying for the sequel. Vampires, post-apocolyptic United States, supernatural powers, girls saving the world – too much good stuff all wrapped up in one book.

Listened to this audiobook last month while working on big knitting project. Hope Davis is excellent and really brings the story to life. Loved it.

I love thinking about our lives as “our story.” It has provoked a lot of thinking, even had me up in the middle of the night thinking about whether I am living a “good story.” Really hit the spot.

Wow. I finally finished it. This book was long, but very interesting. The history of China covered spans from the cultural revolution, through tiananmen square and up to the preparations for the beijing olympics. I learned so much and felt like I had finally had my eyes opened to the atrocities the chinese people have endured. I think the book could have been more heavily edited with respect to the details of the hunger strike. The book was dense, but I'm glad I finished it (even though our book club meeting had already happened). The final 100 pages were great and really made the whole experience worth while.

I waited to read this book until I could share it with Owen. We finally read it last week and it was fantastic. He loved it so much and kept begging me to keep going, which I was happy to oblige. We had a marathon reading session and finished it in 24 hours. I love witnessing his enjoyment of fiction. The story was so great, a perfect measure of fun, silly and scary. I'm so glad I waited to read this with my kid.

Edited October 2016. Re-read with Owen and Zoe, illustrated edition. Even more wonderful.

Loved this book.

Long book, but I loved it.

2020: Audible version: amazingly done. Adding a star.I love this book.

I really enjoyed the second installment. In the end, I liked it more than the first, but I am hesitant to read the third. I don't want to ruin it.

Love the mix of history, race, class and science. Really shines a light on the ethics (or lack thereof) in medicine over time.

Fantastic to imagine this as the first true crime novel. The story is gripping – I had trouble putting it down.

A compelling read, full of history of the Mormon church and the fundamentalist/polygamist splinter that exists today. It was hard to put down!

It is a special book (just as the book jacket suggests). I found the chapters told from Little Bee's point of view to be my favorite. The underlying conflict is revealed slowly, but is devastating.