Pros: Sweet child characters, good cast of supporting characters Cons: Dialect a little difficult to read at times; cover description misleading
If you've read books by David Baldacci before, this book is unlike his usual fare. He generally writes book of suspense, sometimes political, sometimes crime, all intriguing. This book is much different. It could almost be classified as an "Oprah" ...
Pros: A wonderfully crafted story from Appalachia, enduring characters Cons: moves very slowly until the last eighty pages.
Originally posted May 12, 2001 David Baldacci is one of the premier legal thriller writers in the genre dominated by John Grisham. Recently, both writers have embarked on missions away from their formula to write situational feel-good books ...
Pros: It's an easy to read fluffy book that requires few brain cells. Cons: The story is sappy. The characters are flat. Dialogue is off.
Wish You Well by David Baldacci reads like a bad romance novel without the romance. Well, you get a little taste of romance when the local lawyer stoically visits the catatonic mother and reads to her and then marries the poor woman when she snaps ...
Pros: Heart-warming fiction that features family ties, honor, and the triumph of the human spirit Cons: Characters tend toward stereotypes of good and evil. Regional speech patterns are potentially disruptive.
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Wish You Well by David Baldacci is an old-fashioned morality tale. Part novel, part family history, part psychological melodrama, and part socioeconomic commentary, it tries...
Pros: A heartwarming story about the hardship and love of life in the mountains of Virginia. Cons: the "mountain Talk" may be a little difficult to understand.
This book is a touching story about two children and their invalid mother, who go to live with their great-grandmother on her farm in the mountains of Virginia after the death of their famous author/father, who was raised in the mountains and left when...
Pros: Blunt sketches of the rural South in the 1940's, lyrical writing, heartwarming story Cons: Plot did not hold my attention throughout, some characters exaggerated, miraculous ending
Wish You Well is the first novel I have read by author David Baldacci. I must admit that I was expecting a little more from this book than it delivered based on Mr. Baldacci's lofty reputation.
Pros: Catches the characteristics of all the ages of all the characters. Cons: None
"Wish You Well" had been on the bottom of my reading list since it's author, David Baldacci, left his highly successful suspense genre for this book. I know the man doesn't know me, but I felt personally let down. However, I ran out of things to read,...
Get your crying towel out and start a sentimental adventure that is told by one of the best writers in the business today. David Baldacci has stunned the literary world with five outstanding thrillers that have placed him on par with some of the great...
Pros: An intricately and well-written story about life in the mountains of Virginia. Cons: The story "spreads itself thin" in several places, boring me.
Wish You Well was the first (and so far only) book I have read by David Baldacci. After finishing the book, I was completely satisfied with the writer's use of drama, comedy, action and tone used throughout the entire novel.
Pros: A good look into the mind of a pre-teen. Cons: Racism is still around.
Generally, any book by Davis Balducci is going to be a book with tremendous suspense and a fair amount of double crosses and some sex. In this latest book, there is some suspense, but the usual plot devices are missing. This is not a bad thing.
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Pros: Light, easy reading that will leave you feeling good.. Cons: Some characters not explored deeply enough.
David Baldacci has created a hard, beautiful world high in the remote mountains of Virginia. As if life hasn't become difficult enough for young Lou and her little brother Oz they are now thrown into a world where every privilege and all
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Lately there seems to be a rash of books on the market which are written in something other than English. They are written in student-ese, or editor-gives-up-ese, or Ungrammatica. David Baldacci's book *Wish You Well* is one of these. (Another that...
Pros: Excellent and refreshing. Better than his suspense stories. Cons: A little too dramatic in the end, although some may consider it miraculous.
David Baldacci does an incredible job assuming the persona of an adolescent girl in the mountains of Virginia. The narration is reminiscient of Harper Lee's Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird." Having grown up in the mountains of Virginia, I actually...
Precocious 12-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives inthe hectic New York City of 1940 with her family.Then tragedy strikes--and Lou and her younger brot...More at HotBookSale
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