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Michelle Dolan mdolan — currently reading and it is incredible!

Batu Akin batuakin80c0 — very average. dont bother reading it.

Huy Vo khangvo — Very interesting.

Denis Zollner nadiazolln5db8 — The book is a measured, thoughtful and well-researched view of the period between childhood and commitment to the church (or leaving the church) that the Amish call rumspringa - literally 'running around'. Everything is permitted for these teens and early twenties, or if not exactly permitted, then not forbidden. As an anabaptist sect, the Amish believe that baptism must be entered into freely by an adult, in full knowledge of the alternative, 'English' or mainstream America. This baptism is an unbreakable commitment to the Church and not, as the Baptist sects believe, any guarantee of an eternal dwelling in heaven. After reading the book, which is written from the point of view of an interested and not-unsympathetic mainstream American, I have a great deal of respect from the Amish's ideas of community and how to maintain it, of their pacifist and non-judgmental stance and forgiveness of all acts by their children, no matter how against their ethics and even the law, during their rumspringa. It is difficult, however, to sympathise with the extreme submissiveness and abnegation of all self-determination of the women, and their insistence on only the most basic of formal education ending at 14. The various bans on electricity, telephones and motors in most circumstances but not all seem hypocritical. It strikes me as ridiculous that ownership and driving of cars (outside of rumspringa) are forbidden, but riding in them and hiring them with a driver isn't. Needless to say, most religions have these strange little peculiarities, but generally they aren't so obvious as with the Amish. This is a good book, deep, interesting and well-written. Its a slice of America that is generally regarded as quaint, antiquated and a bit of a tourist show. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Amish are a thriving, growing religion that is deeply introspective and cares little what the world thinks of it.

Karen Lai yoshikinana — Absolutely loved this book. Very intense parts, but Salander is one of my favorite book characters.

Laura Silva lalila5 — کوری

Ian Jones _onsense_rophet — This book has been an embarrassing omission on my read shelf for years. I have read an abridged version, but it was more of a novelisation with pictures from the Bela Lugosi-film than the actual novel and I have to say I don't know why I haven't read this sooner. Maybe I was afraid I wouldn't like it. For vampire buffs (pun intended) Dracula is kind of a big deal and the longer you put off something the higher the expectations of it being good get. I wasn't too disappointed, as my four star rating suggests. In fact, it exceeded my expectations.