Penguin Readers Level 6: the Beach
by Alex Garland
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Manufacturer: Longman
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780582435674
ISBN: 0582435676
Label: Longman
Number Of Pages: 112
Publication Date: 2001-02-19
Publisher: Longman
Studio: Longman
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Summary: Excellent Read
Comment: After the movie the book is a welcome pleasure to read. The obvious comparison to the Viewtnam war and the narrative on the delicate social structure that exists at the beach add to this well written book.
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Summary: fantastic
Comment: This is a book i always wanted to read and i am really glad that i got round to it. The book is exciting from the first page and i couldn't put it down. The main character Richard is fantastic. He is confident and what i would describe as heroic but he did also make me uncomfortable with some of the decisions he makes. Saying all that Richard feels real and i love the adventure he goes on. The book doesn't bore you with unnessary description and gives you enough suspence that you cant stop turning the pages. I also loved the titles for the chapters. They didn't help me follow the story but each title had a poetical ring to it. or am i reading too much in to it? It is a fantastic read and couldn't recommend it highly enough.
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Summary: Fab book!
Comment: The film is ok, but the book is excellent, well worth reading and very difficult to put down. A fairly light read and great if you don't like anything too heavy going.
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Summary: Enjoyed it despite everything
Comment: Very mixed reviews about this book. It was defiantly unlike any other book I've read. There are many sub-plots that don't lead into anything and questions left in my mind at the end. It is also very descriptive, usually a complete turn off for me. Yet despite all this, I loved this book.
Although I'd seen the film I didn't realize there was much hype around the book itself (which by the way ends up a very different story to the film). Perhaps that is why I'm far less cynical about it than others who complain that it "won't tell you the meaning of life". Quite a lot to expect of a novel I think!
The author successfully puts you in Richard's shoes. I don't think this was meant to be a really deep novel, it's just brilliant escapism! Read it and see what it's like to be on a Thai beach paradise while you slowly go insane. Really well thought out, with brilliant characters.
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Summary: A good read
Comment: I read this when I was 18 and thought that it was brilliant- however when I read it a few years later I found it weak in places. The overall story i good- paradise is turned into a 'dictatorship. There is paraells with Pol Pot- the year 0 and celebration of Tet are examples of this. I do think that it is a good read although a bit self absorbed and sub plots arent tied up- i.e romances and the 2 deaths.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Read
Comment: After the movie the book is a welcome pleasure to read. The obvious comparison to the Viewtnam war and the narrative on the delicate social structure that exists at the beach add to this well written book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: fantastic
Comment: This is a book i always wanted to read and i am really glad that i got round to it. The book is exciting from the first page and i couldn't put it down. The main character Richard is fantastic. He is confident and what i would describe as heroic but he did also make me uncomfortable with some of the decisions he makes. Saying all that Richard feels real and i love the adventure he goes on. The book doesn't bore you with unnessary description and gives you enough suspence that you cant stop turning the pages. I also loved the titles for the chapters. They didn't help me follow the story but each title had a poetical ring to it. or am i reading too much in to it? It is a fantastic read and couldn't recommend it highly enough.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Fab book!
Comment: The film is ok, but the book is excellent, well worth reading and very difficult to put down. A fairly light read and great if you don't like anything too heavy going.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Enjoyed it despite everything
Comment: Very mixed reviews about this book. It was defiantly unlike any other book I've read. There are many sub-plots that don't lead into anything and questions left in my mind at the end. It is also very descriptive, usually a complete turn off for me. Yet despite all this, I loved this book.
Although I'd seen the film I didn't realize there was much hype around the book itself (which by the way ends up a very different story to the film). Perhaps that is why I'm far less cynical about it than others who complain that it "won't tell you the meaning of life". Quite a lot to expect of a novel I think!
The author successfully puts you in Richard's shoes. I don't think this was meant to be a really deep novel, it's just brilliant escapism! Read it and see what it's like to be on a Thai beach paradise while you slowly go insane. Really well thought out, with brilliant characters.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A good read
Comment: I read this when I was 18 and thought that it was brilliant- however when I read it a few years later I found it weak in places. The overall story i good- paradise is turned into a 'dictatorship. There is paraells with Pol Pot- the year 0 and celebration of Tet are examples of this. I do think that it is a good read although a bit self absorbed and sub plots arent tied up- i.e romances and the 2 deaths.
In our ever-shrinking world, where popular Western culture seems to have infected every nation on the planet, it is hard to find even a small niche of unspoiled land--forget searching for pristine islands or continents. This is the situation in Alex Garland's debut novel, The Beach. Human progress has reduced Eden to a secret little beach near Thailand. In the tradition of grand adventure novels, Richard, a rootless traveller rambling around Thailand on his way somewhere else, is given a hand-drawn map by a madman who calls himself Daffy Duck. He and two French travellers set out on a journey to find this paradise. What makes this a truly satisfying novel is the number of levels on which it operates. On the surface it's a fast-paced adventure novel; at another level it explores why we search for these utopias, be they mysterious lost continents or small island communes. Garland weaves a gripping and thought-provoking narrative that suggests we are, in fact, such products of our Western culture that we cannot help but pollute and ultimately destroy the very sanctuary we seek. --Amazon.com
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