I love that book, Laga! I hope you warm up to it. It's lovely.
Laga, I hated the narrative conceit of The Book Thief
You guys are weird!
Mal: Which one you figure tracked us? Zoe: The ugly one, sir. Mal: Could you be more specific?
'Out Of Gas'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - Nov 04, 2010 8:43:26 am PDT #12838 of 28289
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
megan walker - Nov 04, 2010 8:45:38 am PDT #12839 of 28289
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It was prententious and annoying (second only to the beginning of A Heartbreaking Work... ). The story totally could have been told without it.
Amy - Nov 04, 2010 8:55:30 am PDT #12840 of 28289
Because books.
It was prententious and annoying (second only to the beginning of A Heartbreaking Work... ).
Good god, ick. I wanted to like it, and I think he has talent, and had a story to tell, but jesus. It was like watching some guy masturbate for seven thousand pages.
Polter-Cow - Nov 04, 2010 8:56:41 am PDT #12841 of 28289
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I also loved A Heartbreaking Work..., so YPMV, I guess. Or at least, YTOP.
megan walker - Nov 04, 2010 9:09:55 am PDT #12842 of 28289
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I loved both those books, but I really had to get over the style of both in the early pages.
I don't want some elaborate "found manuscript" set-up or cutesy narrative element. Just tell the story dammit.
Amy - Nov 04, 2010 9:11:06 am PDT #12843 of 28289
Because books.
The actual text in Eggers's book was good, but the author's notes and appendices and blah blah blah BLAH really made my teeth itch.
lisah - Nov 04, 2010 10:01:03 am PDT #12844 of 28289
Punishingly Intricate
You know what book is awesome? Room! Has anyone else read it?
Dana - Nov 04, 2010 10:07:07 am PDT #12845 of 28289
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I want to but my library doesn't seem to have it.
Polter-Cow - Nov 04, 2010 10:18:30 am PDT #12846 of 28289
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't want some elaborate "found manuscript" set-up or cutesy narrative element. Just tell the story dammit.
So not a House of Leaves fan either? (Personally, I heart narrative conceits.)
The actual text in Eggers's book was good, but the author's notes and appendices and blah blah blah BLAH really made my teeth itch.
Whereas I loved them and found them hilarious. I tend to enjoy metanarrative, though, although sometimes it can be annoying, I agree.
Volans - Nov 04, 2010 10:21:28 am PDT #12847 of 28289
move out and draw fire
I love House of Leaves and hated A Heartbreaking Work... so much so that I haven't finished reading it. Eggers just annoyed the crap out of me; it wasn't the narrative conceit per se, more that I just wanted to slap him.