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Quality
I had enjoyed the movie very much seeing it before reading the book and was equally pleased with both
Carol’s sacrifice and bravery is so much clearer than in the film too therese’s pain and coming to terms with the loss of her f... Read More
It is too dull the characters dont have a chemistry they dont understand how it is romantic…and possibly for the first time whe... Read More
This effect is overdone with carol however as the same details are brought up over and over especially her calm eyesand the bi... Read More
Price
Ironically the price of salt became one of this authors best sellers
Competitiveness
5 out of 5 starsthe genre expectation scale rates this book next to other books in the same genre
I would not put patricia highsmiths writing in the first rank of her contemporaries such as vladimir nabokov and ernext hemingw... Read More
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- This product had a total of 2,057 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 5 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It’s undoubtedly better than the film as expected but it’ll also make you appreciate the film more
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Reminiscent of desert hearts movie desert of the heart book by jane rule
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But even though the price of salt is gay fiction its also something else
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Many years ago i was at a talk given by james baldwin where he was asked about giovannis room his own work seen usually as a classic of gay fiction
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The book itself seems like its from a second hand seller
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
By that i mean that there are plenty of grammatical errors in the book from whoever editedprinted it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Also not to mention the cover of the book seems unnecessary as its two young women in love while the book is about a young woman and and older woman
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It would be better if the cover was just plain and simple