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The Outcast | 
 enlarge | Author: Sadie Jones
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 448
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0099513420
EAN: 9780099513421
ASIN: 0099513420
Publication Date: June 16, 2008
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| Customer Reviews: Read 35 more reviews...
 a bit disappointing August 28, 2008
I really wanted to like this after all the hype but to be honest I found it a bit boring and melodramatic. The central idea was good but I never really got inside Lewis's head and towards the end the fact that every female character in the book found him irresistible got a bit silly. The final scenes in the church and at the railway station beggared my belief, you could see the book was written with a movie deal in mind. I found myself skipping large chunks and was a bit bored.
 Sublime August 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A beautiful, beautiful, beautiful piece of fiction. This is the book I wished I had written and the friends to whom I've lent my copy say the same. I sincerely hope that this isn't the one and only book Sadie Jones has in her, but what a read The Outcast is; fan-blooming-tastic!
Not as good as its reputation August 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can sort of see why a lot of people like this. All the ingrediants are there, but Sadie Jones is no Delia when it comes to getting the right result. A good story is ruined by too many viewpoints that switch without reason (sometimes mid-paragraph) leaving you to wonder who's the real main character. It's meant to be Lewis, but we see the action from at least 7 other characters that it all gets a bit jumbled and lost. Where was Ms Jones' editor? Asleep, I guess. And the prose - far from being elegant and beautiful as some reviewers would have you believe, it's childish and uninspiring. How did this get onto the Orange shortlist? I'm only glad Rose Tremain won.
mixed reaction August 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have nearly finished reading this book, but in truth I am struggling with it. At first it seemed to have a very compelling beat, heightened by the simple and direct dialogue. But 300 pages later that simple dialogue seems to have palled, and dropped to a more 'Janet and John' learning-to-read level. If I hadn't got this far through, I would cut my losses and give up.
Also the story does seem to go round in somewhat repetitive circles, and I think would have been better for being 100 pages shorter.
On the plus side, I think it is an interesting story - a voyage with a dysfunctional family in an uptight society, where what happens under the surface must be covered up for the sake of appearances and emotional expression is constipated. I just wish the author would write more sophisticated prose.
THE OUTCAST BY SADIE JONES August 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST BOOK I HAVE READ IN A LONG TIME. AFTER READING A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS I DIDNT THINK THAT I FIND A BOOK AS GOOD AS THAT BUT I WAS WRONG SADIE JONES THE OUTCAST WAS UP THERE WITH IT AND HAS BEEN ONE THE BEST READS OF THE SUMMER AND OF THE YEAR .HER MIX OF CHARACTER PLOT DRAMA HAPPINESS AND SADNESS OF 1950 SOCIAL EQITE TUGS AT UR HEARTSTRING. BRILLIANT READ .
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