This is an amazing read. This is a looking glass into a ...
355844
This is an amazing read.  This is a looking glass into a different culture.  It does take an above average intelligence to reach beneath the writers real message.  I don't know Luky but I really get to know a woman of real substance With an amazing story after I had finished.

I can understand why the critics here are giving negative reviews.  It does take a certain level of intelligence to get the real story.  If you are just reading the words then go ahead.  Read Joyce, Yeats & Wild to name few, reading the words will leave the unintelligent lost to their messages and the real meaning of the book.  Like many of the late 18th and early 19th century writers who's books were critiqued negatively, until someone with brains reads them discovery does not happen.  Luky should write another book, with the same deep meaning and charm of Bengali girls don't.

David Walker-Hughes
Naples, Florida.
2062329
This is not a quick, easy read. It needs to be read slowly and thoughtfully.  If you do so, you will not regret the time and effort.
4053741
This book is a real treasure. Although over 800 pages in length, every page is illuminating. I may read it again believe it or not. Everything today seems confusing. We don't know why or what. But when you see how  everything has a cause, as this author brillantly shows, we can virtually  "see" how we got where we are today. Buy the book and feel  yourself grow! After reading this book, everything around you will seem  different. Like looking through new glasses. Get ready for a  500-year-ride!
2184658
This is so inspired. I like the imagination it takes to see things from this point of view. What a storyteller! Children would find this utterly fascinating and engrossing.
2092736
Words cannot describe the impact this weighty volume has had on me.  From the moment I held it in my trembling hands, I was hooked. The rich, carefully crafted prose is a delight to the eye and the imagination.  Its author is undoubtedly a man of breath-taking vision who has reconstructed the 17th-century past with unique skills of research and analysis.  His character shines through in every page and the reader cannot help but conjure up in his or her mind a dazzling image of a dark tall handsome curator with beautifully slick and greased black hair, a whiff of moustache, and sparkling gold-rimmed glasses.  Every inch a man of learning.  I could go on - and I will.
1878524
An amazing read!  I have thought extensively about what to write here.  I really can't express it without going long and I don't want to retell his story.  Read it.  It isn't too long and is very interesting.  You'll wish there was more when you're done.
967003
Amazing read. This book has a wonderful misty quality about it as it meanders through time and mountain laurel. Greene uses multiple points of view to tell this sad story of Myra Lamb, a young woman whose haunted life begins, like ours all do, long before she was born. We get to meet Myra through the eyes of the boy-next-door who loved her and her deceased grandmother, a mountain witch in her own right. The story starts after Myra has married to man who we already know is no good for her, then switches to the story of her children, then back to her early married days. This shuffling of time does a wonderful thing for the overall story; it shows us so clearly how our own lives are made up of lots of lives, how everyone we know, and even some we don't get to meet, hold threads in the fabric of our life's tale. No one ever gets to see the whole finished story as they live it; the story begins before we're born and continues long after we're dead. Greene has chosen such a lovely way to tell this story, too, mixing folklore and wisdom with white trash and the natural world. In the end, it's a riveting read of magic and madness.
3628002
this is an awesome piece of writing. It is more than a book - so very much more.

From the very beginning the reader is immersed in the love surrounding the main characters to a point where they are pictured in the minds eye. The vision that the words bring is never lost throughout the pages, especially in the harrowing aftermath of a loss that transcends grief completely. We open our hearts and feel every vivid description of a situation we cannot hope to truly comprehend without first hand experience and we descend into the pit of despair that sudden loss gives us.

My words cannot do true justice to this amazing story.. the author, Jill Trussell, is a true wordsmith and it shines through every word written here.

This truly is a must read.

This is a Goodreads First Read
4629094
You have to keep in mind that this work was not necessarily meant for the Western mindset.  It is a marvelous look at how China changed through recent history and it is told in one of the most inventive ways I have ever seen.  If you have strong views on how religion, reincarnation, sexuality, or relationships should be in your mind, you may have trouble understanding.  This book, for us Westerners, could open your eyes to how others live and how our ridged sense of morality does not fairly translate else ware.  It is also intensely spiritual. If you want to expand your knowledge of the human condition, buy this.  Peace to you.
3554313
This is not just a novel. It brings so many things into perspective. I'm looking forward to reading the next in line.
3734774
This piece of work is amazing.  I can't explain how much I love this book.  I actually felt how the woman was going through- that's how real and gripping it was.  Blown away completely.
1046223
I love Carolyn's wide eyed journey into a world we rarely hear about. She writes with clarity and a strong intention to educate the reader about The Other Side and the multidimensionality of our existence, and how she plans to access it. The many accompanying photos are wondrous proof of the spirits just waiting to be acknowledged and to help us see with more than our eyes. Thank you, Carolyn, for inviting us on your journey.
941815
Reading "Rented Rooms" is like opening a window.  I could see so many things and listen to so many vivid sounds.  You will read a couple of lines of any story and will think you know what's going on, but suddenly a new discovery will jump from the page, surprising you.
This collection of written beauty is a masterpiece, full of unusual descriptions.  Phrases like "hair tweeded with gray" will elevate your perception of detail in such a way that you will celebrate the moment in which this magnificent book made contact with your senses to stay within you forever.
Do not get scared if, like Georgina, you receive a gift from a stranger at the public library.  If it happens, will happen because you have very good luck, and you will see how good your luck is at 2:00 o'clock in the morning.
4666319
Whoa. Michael a singer takes a deep deep dive into consciousness and understanding what we actually are. I would suggest this for any and everybody who is willing to take an understanding of our soul and how we are on this planet. This is a amazing amazing read and is not easy to digest though the lessons learned are in valuable and will have a significant impact on the paradigm from which you see the world!
4587708
What a magnificent piece of work. It took me a little while to get into it but, once I was in, I was mesmerised.  Do not expect a fun ride, it is a hard read as in subject matter, but it is so exquisitely written and bonds you so tightly to the main characters.  A very hard act to follow.
3950856
This is an amazing read. Nabeel is a clear writer and draws back a portion of the curtain of Islam. You learn more about the perspectives of this people group and various sects of Islam. It is very helpful in understanding how to engage Muslims and dialogue with them. You will get a new set of eyes (compassion) toward this people group.
4613070
This novel (which is more of a self-admitted autobiography) is AMAZING. The writing is so so SO gorgeous. Even in translation, this prose left me stunned, inspired, awoken. Such a short read, and every word is perfection. Poetry on every page.