I too loved Room though it was against my initial reaction to the premise. I've had a handful of students read it since and they all love it.
Cool link, Jesse!
Nothin'. I just wanted you to face me so she could get behind ya.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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."
Kat - Jun 22, 2011 1:11:07 pm PDT #15387 of 28289
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
megan walker - Jun 22, 2011 1:25:40 pm PDT #15388 of 28289
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I too loved Room though it was against my initial reaction to the premise.
Interesting... because the premise is why I avoided it.
sumi - Jun 22, 2011 3:14:54 pm PDT #15389 of 28289
Art Crawl!!!
Ooh, Dunk & Egg are going to Winterfell in the 4th Dunk & Egg novela.
(Darn it: it's speculation that they're going to Winterfell - because the title is "Dangerous Women" and the "Wolf Women of Winterfell" had been mentioned by GRRM at some point elsewhere.)
Jesse - Jun 22, 2011 3:45:00 pm PDT #15390 of 28289
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Interesting... because the premise is why I avoided it.
It's almost nothing like what you might expect based on the premise, I think -- mostly because the narrator is the kid.
Amy - Jun 22, 2011 3:49:14 pm PDT #15391 of 28289
Because books.
I just read the first few pages on Amazon. She gets that kid voice really well.
Sue - Jun 22, 2011 4:16:54 pm PDT #15392 of 28289
hip deep in pie
I was warned off by the voice in Room.
beth b - Jun 22, 2011 4:46:35 pm PDT #15393 of 28289
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I know people that hate room becaue of the voice ( one was a gradnmother )
Jesse - Jun 22, 2011 4:49:34 pm PDT #15394 of 28289
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, if you read the sample bits and can't deal with it, it's not for you, but I thought it was just lovely.
Amy - Jun 22, 2011 4:52:56 pm PDT #15395 of 28289
Because books.
I love a child's voice that seems realistic to me, because so often they really, really aren't.
Kat - Jun 22, 2011 4:58:00 pm PDT #15396 of 28289
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I think it was a good voice, definitely not one that irritated.
I read the book prepared to hate it and I just....didn't. It surprised me. Especially the change halfway through.