Benediction
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Benediction

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 27, 2013

    Benediction could be Kent Haruf's finest novel, yet. Haruf is a

    Benediction could be Kent Haruf's finest novel, yet. Haruf is absolutely gifted when it comes to fleshing out the details and nuances of life

    in small town Holt, CO. This book gives the reader the opportunity to explore death, life, love, bigotry and small mindedness. This novel is simply sublime.

    6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 6, 2013

    An amazing writer!

    I have read all of Kent Haruf's books and they are all wonderful. I like his style of writing that lets you just sit back and enjoy the story and picture the characters, without alot of confusing dialog, too many names to remember, and impossible to imagine situations. He simply tells a wonderful story with people in the story that you wish you lived next door to. So many times while reading this I found myself smiling without even realizing it, and sometimes tearful. I read it in 2 days and wish it would have been about a thousand pages longer because I did not want it to end. I will absolutely read it a second time. One of my favorites without a doubt.

    3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted March 27, 2013

    A celebration of life.

    Kent Haruf is one of my favorite authors. His spare prose is perfect for the plain, small-town folks who people his novels, and their stories are compelling for all their simplicity.

    It's giving nothing away to tell you that the main character in "Benediction," Dad Lewis, is dying; he receives the diagnosis on the book's very first page. His reaction, and that of his wife and daughter, make up much of the book. But their friends' lives, and the lives of those with whom they come in contact, also come into play here. And just like anyone else, Dad Lewis has regrets and those come into play here as well.

    "Benediction" is an unsentimental, yet very moving, depiction of the end of a good man's life. I'd rank it right up there with "Plainsong" as one of Haruf's best books.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted March 5, 2013

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    Wonderful.

    This is the 3rd and probably last story about Holt and the people on the high plains. A story about complicated lives in an uncomplicated place. Haruf reminds us our own lives are both fragile and durable at the same time and in the end life goes on. A few light moments and lots of tears in this one.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 5, 2013

    A wonderful book!

    This is a quiet, contemplative story about endings, but it isn't a sad tale. Haruf writes in what seems like such a simple way that you are taken on a journey full of meaning without realizing what is happening to you as you read. I have enjoyed all his books in this trilogy, but perhaps this one even more than the others.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 23, 2013

    I've read all of his other works, but this one is not up to par

    I've read all of his other works, but this one is not up to par with the likes of Plainsong or any of his other works. Story lines were weak and not well developed. Read his other works.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 22, 2013

    good read, I really enjoy his style of writing and you can get i

    good read, I really enjoy his style of writing and you can get into the characters and their lives totally.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 6, 2013

    Not his best

    I was very disappointed with this book

    0 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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