Angela Kilmartin

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...I borrowed this book, Angela and Diabola, off my friend. The main storyline is about two twin girls(Angela and Diabola). Angela is perfect in every way and people beam with joy when they see her but Diabola is evil and people run in horror when they see her. The book starts off very boring but once you get past the first couple of chapters it gets hard to put down. This book has a wonderful mixture of humour and horror. I think the author has done a terrific job and I would reccommend this book to anyone over the age of eight. The characters all work very well together and illustrations are great too. This book ,I think, is a big hit1... Read review

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Advantages: has a sequel, amusing in parts, gripping storyline
Disadvantages: hard to get into at the beginning

...Having not seen the film but read the hype about ' Angela's Ashes', i decided to see for myself and so i bought the book. It was well worth the money!! I have just finished reading 'Angela's Ashes' and i extremely enjoyed it. It is an amusing but harrowing tale of Frank (Francis) Mc Court's life , being brought up in The Catholic town of Limerick, Ireland. The first bit of the book where we are introduced mainly to Frank's parents, is quite hard to get into although the story improves immensely as one reads on. When I was reading 'Angela's Ashes', i was shocked at how bad some of the poverty was in Ireland before and during the war. I really could not put the book down after i had got into it and i have just purchased the sequel to the novel, 'Tis which carries on from where Angela's Ashes left off. I would really recommend this book... Read review

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Disadvantages: an over-rated, boring book

...Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt I bought this book after a friend gave it a glowing review, and I am compelled to say I was bitterly disappointed. I found it an absolute chore to try and read and in fact gave up half way through. I found the book to be boring and a waste of time and effort to read. This is usually the type of book I thoroughly enjoy reading, but sadly I found the characters to be somewhat contrived and found it difficult to empathise with them. After all the hype that has surrounded this book, and indeed author, I feel disappointed and cheated out of a good read, and will not buy any more books by Frank McCourt.... Read review

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