Sentence examples for confusing book from inspiring English sources

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"Gifted Hands" can be a confusing book, because the narrative jumps back and forth in the timeline.

It was symptomatic of its relative economic decline, which is also a precedent for America.John Odling-SmeeMoreton-in-Marsh, GloucestershireIndependent directorsSIR – The table accompanying your article on executive pay is confusing ("Book of revelations", January 21st).

And it's the Joycean stuff that critics have objected to: the "verbal gimmicks" (The New Republic) of this "confusing" book that "doesn't bother with much of a plot" (Entertainment Weekly, grade: B).

Given Bailey's lightning-quick summary of Blanchard's theory in the Preface, and given that Blanchard's taxonomy is not really spelled out clearly until page 146, the reader unfamiliar with the concepts of "autogynephilia" and "homosexual transsexualism"—and plenty familiar with the female essence narrative may well find TMWWBQ a confusing book on the first pass.

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But the greatest Herterisms often have the artless charm of a confused book report: "Johannes Kepler was a well-known German astrologer.

They decided to use hire cars to travel between match venues because they found trains too confusing to book and internal flights too expensive.

Don't confuse a book report with a book review.

But still, it is a good idea not to confuse one book with another.

When discussing A Clockwork Orange, many mistakenly confuse the book with Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film and immediately focus on the violence of the story, when really it's the language of the book – a vernacular so lively and colourful it renders those much-discussed descriptions of beatings and rape almost – almost – comical – that is its most remarkable and revolutionary aspect.

In her statement, Breslin confuses the Book of Esther for a historical document rather than a Biblical narrative.

Not only is this book confusing, it also twisted the reader's mind and makes them intrigued.

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