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Ethan Ford is a pillar of the community--which is a small, idyllic, wholesome Massachusetts town--and when he is suddenly hit with an arrest for a murder committed 15 years ago, people are stunned. Ethan admits his guilt, but claims that the crime he committed so long ago should not now be held against his exemplary record. Many of his fellow townspeople support him--but not the ones who count most, his wife and his son. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.
 
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Utterly useless story...Blue Diary

Date of Review:  Feb 14, 2003
The Bottom Line: One book to totally avoid.
Review: Blue Diary was given to me as a gift from one of my friend s and I have to say that I have come to seriously question her taste in books because this is the second one that she has given to me that I did not enjoy. I was bored, straight up through...
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by: kld718
Recommended to buy: No

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nothing much
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pointless story, characters not...
 

Self-conscious attempt at a novel - though food for thought.

Date of Review:  Dec 3, 2001
The Bottom Line: I don't recommend 'Blue Diary'. It is a slow-paced and fundamentally boring attempt at a crime novel, which tries to reach deeper and dismally fails.
Review: They say never to judge a book by its cover, and in this case, they are right. I was initially attracted to this book by its cover, which in my case is the British paperback edition. When I flipped the book over to ascertain what the story was...
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Thought-provoking story concept.
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Plot fails to grab attention - poetic...
 

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Date of Review:  Aug 28, 2001
The Bottom Line: I highly recommend "Blue Diary". It is a good, character driven novel with plenty of things to think about and discuss.
Review: What do you do when your life is turned upside down and inside out? How do you go on when your world is shattered? These questions are at the heart of "Blue Diary", the latest novel by Alice Hoffman.

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Authors Alice Hoffman
Narrator Joyce Bean
Fiction Genre True Crime
Fiction Subgenre Unknown

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  Slate: "Most bad novels reveal their flaws quickly. The writing is usually inelegant, the characters crudely drawn, the dramatic situations clunky, the dialogue stilted....That isn't the case with Alice Hoffman's latest novel, BLUE DIARY. Although it's a genuinely bad book, it doesn't send up these traditional early warning flares. On the contrary, it's clearly the work of an accomplished writer, consistently demonstrating a respectable level of skill....What's lacking throughout is psychological nuance, moral complexity, some willingness to explore and dramatize the situation Hoffman has herself created."

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  Format: Audio - MP3 CD
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Lib Edn (June 30, 2004)
Measurements: 7.75"(h) x 5.75"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.25 lbs.
ISBN: 9781593354626

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  It's the last Monday of the month, a brutally gorgeous morning brimming with blue air and the sweet scent of honeysuckle which grows wild in the woods beyond Front Street, when Ethan Ford fails to show up for work.
 
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