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Strange Piece of Paradise
Strange Piece of Paradise
Author: Terri Jentz
In the summer of 1977, Terri Jentz and her Yale roommate, Shayna Weiss, are on a cross-country bike trip. They pitch a tent in the desert of central Oregon. As they sleep, a man in a pickup truck deliberately runs over the tent. He then attacks them with an axe. The horrific crime is reported in newspapers across the country. Robert Pinksy descr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374134983
ISBN-10: 0374134987
Publication Date: 5/2/2006
Pages: 560
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 30 ratings
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 4
This is a very long book. It is a hardback book that is 535 pages long. The print is small and there is much print on a page. What happened to the author and her friend was a heinous crime. It is interesting how she goes back to Oregon, 15 years later, to try to solve the crime, since there was never an arrest made, but I felt the book was overrated and overwritten. The author was obsessed with the story and thus it was too detailed and repetitious. There was too much of the author's introspection and philosophizing. It needed to be condensed.
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Helpful Score: 3
This book was way too long! I felt like there were parts of the story that didn't need to be in the book and it would have been better. I enjoyed parts of it, but the trudging through made it not so good. I rarely don't finish a book - and so I made it through this one, but I didn't enjoy it.
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Helpful Score: 2
The only complaint I have about this book is that it was way too long. It's amazing that this woman came through her experience physically, mentally and emotionally healthy. I don't think I'll ever forget her story.
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Helpful Score: 1
Very detail true account of a woman's struggle to regain her identity and seek justice after a horrific attack. The book tells how the crime affected the town and its people also, as well as the commomn knowledge of who did it.
suspenseprincess avatar reviewed Strange Piece of Paradise on + 51 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This is an excellent story. Terri is a very brave woman.
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