Customer Reviews
Very good - By: Henriette, 26 Jun 2008 
Having studied this as an A-level text I have grown to love it, though when I began reading it I could not understand what alll the hype was about, by the end I thought it was a fantastic novel; the beauty of some of the scenarios is absolutely cinematic. I am currently buying my own copy of it as my Lit teacher is demanding my copy back (very late!). A very good book.
this is literature? - By: jenaveve, 16 Apr 2008 
i am currently studying this novel for english literature & am finding it to be one of the most tedious & pointless books i have ever encountered. frazier spent 10 years of his life perfecting this novel & it is obvious that it has been edited again & again to the extent that the story no longer flows, making it a very monotonous read.
the characters are dull & the description dreary & predictable. however, if you have trouble sleeping this book is garenteed to help.
Beautifully written - By: so many books, so little time, 22 Jan 2008 
I've read this book twice, back when it was first published in paperback & again in recent months. Time has not faded my total enjoyment of this book, or the way the characters draw you into their world.
When I first read the book I was enthrallled. Part of me was wary of re-reading the book in case those old memories were shattered. I'm glad I did, as I was drawn into the story in much the same way & lost in a world of civil war & hard lonely farming.
Cold Mountain is a beautiful & easy read which should appeal to any age of reader. One piece of advice, please read the book before watching the film - although a good film, the book is far more descriptive than anything the movie could manage to include.
Beautifully written - By: R. J. Sharpe, 12 Dec 2007 No doubt this book won many an acclaim from those who watched the film starring Nicole Kidman & Jude Law amongst others. Its is however a very beautiful read. The emotion, colour & intensity of the story just show how amazing the authors imagination is & how true love can be portrayed so closely to the real thing. An excellent book that i'd highly recommend
Beautiful story - By: Seely Schmidt, 08 Nov 2007 A beautiful story of heartbreak & broken times, COLD MOUNTAIN is by far the best Civil War story to come out of the U.S. While I love Gone With the Wind, it can't hold a candle to "Mountain."
What is so gallling about the story & the characters are not the the north's treatment of the south during this era, but rather the treatment of Southerners against Southerners. I was reminded more than once of The Color Purple & the same one-on-one treatment. I would highly recommend this chilling tale of survival, along with the novel Bark of the Dogwood---funny & knowing like Pychon or Sedaris, yet set in the modern-day South.
