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Strange Fits of Passion (Tape) | 
 enlarge | Author: Anita Shreve
Creators: Tara Ward, Lorelei King, Jeff Harding, William Roberts
Publisher: Orion
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1284097
Format: Audiobook
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Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0752857177
EAN: 9780752857176
ASIN: 0752857177
Publication Date: September 4, 2003
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 True To Shreve's Style September 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
With reviews as diverse as the ones for this book, it would be difficult for someone wondering whether to purchase this book to decide if it's a good one or not. It seems that you either like Shreve's work or not, and I do or I wouldn't own or have read all her books. Shreve's writing style is quite fine and I think you have to have read two or three to really appreciate the subtlety and nuances which seem to speak louder than the written word. Her books are not usually gripping or un-put-downable but do have a certain intrigue and sophistication and I found those qualities in this book. The Book Description above gives a synopsis of this story of domestic violence so if you are a Shreve fan and the storyline grabs you then give it a go and I'm sure you'll enjoy it. If you've not read any Shreve books yet then, in my opinion, her books with more of an attention-grabbing storyline are The Pilot's Wife and Fortune's Rock and you might be better to start with those to see if you like her style.
 Sensitive story that plods along May 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is my least favourite book in some time. That's not to say it's particularly bad, evidently the other reviewers here enjoyed it greatly, it just didn't grab me in the same way. The structure is interesting and different, but somehow it didn't work for me. Similarly I thought I would be gripped by the story, but I found that it dragged along and was a slow book to read. I was interested enough to want to know what happened to Mary/Maureen, but I was glad to finish it to get onto something else. Nevertheless it (husband abusing his wife) was a very serious topic to tackle, and it is interesting to see how the attitudes differed about this back in the 70's when the action plays out. Perhaps her style is just not for me? It is the first of her books that I have read, though, so I will try another at some point in the future as perhaps this was just not to my tastes.
 Another classic read August 9, 2007
This is page turner in every way. A tried and tested tale about domestic violence given a whole new slant thanks to the innovative plot device. Even though it is obvious from the start where the story is going, Shreve's amazing prose style drives you on. Shreve does not take the easy route - sympathies change and preconceptions are challenged. I would have been quite happy for there to be another 200 pages so we could have experienced the trial in more detail but any author who leaves you wanting more is obviously doing something right. A harrowing account of what happens behind too many closed doors.
 A touching, moving story July 13, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
The way the story was put together with interviews and journal was an interesting way of seeing all sides of the story. I thought that I would get bored with a story of a woman spending all the time in her little cottage on her own, but the pace was kept up and you really feel for her despair.
Definitely recommend it.
Very frightening fits of passion November 21, 2003
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
As other reviewers have said, the author has written a well-trodden theme in a completely original way, thus avoiding the usual angle taken when writing about domestic violence. Because previous reviewers have outlined the story so well, I will not repeat it. However, the tension created by Anita Shreve in much of the book, makes the reader almost taste the fear and foreboding experienced by a woman in fear for her life at the hands of her husband. Absolutely superb.
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