Any readers have impressions of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay to share? I bought it a couple weeks ago when I saw a copy on sale for a ridiculously low price, but I've since seen Spider-Man 2 and am beginning to regard reading Chabon as an obligatory homework project rather than something enjoyable in its own right.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 18, 2004 12:31:16 pm PDT #5175 of 10002
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Hil R. - Jul 18, 2004 12:34:27 pm PDT #5176 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I loved Kavalier and Clay. There were a few points were I thought the story dragged a little, but other than that, I thought it was great.
Jesse - Jul 18, 2004 12:41:21 pm PDT #5177 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Loved it loved it. I could have done without the end, but I think I'm in the minority on that.
erikaj - Jul 18, 2004 12:43:55 pm PDT #5178 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I thought it was great. It took a little while for me to get into, but I did.
Scrappy - Jul 18, 2004 12:44:47 pm PDT #5179 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
It's a wonderful read, Matt. It'll suck you in and transport you to its world in a really satisfying way.
Consuela - Jul 18, 2004 12:53:16 pm PDT #5180 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I read K&C in three days, Matt. Couldn't put it down, and chortled out loud in many places. It's a geek's geeky joyful novel. Except for the sad parts.
Katie M - Jul 18, 2004 1:32:28 pm PDT #5181 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I didn't love it as much as I thought I might after everyone said "oh my God I love it!" But that was probably as much a reaction to hype as anything, and I did like it a lot, in a "wah how could you do that?" kind of way.
Nutty - Jul 18, 2004 2:05:19 pm PDT #5182 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I was 100 pages into K&C when it won the Pulizter that year, and I felt very smart for having chosen it. But aside from that ego-boost, I did like it -- for its style, and the way it grasped after Big Things. I admired its narrative ambition, even when it felt a little cockamamie; and I like Josef and Sammy a great deal.
Also, it's just got that tone that feels very engaging to me, the way some people can invite you to a party and even if you don't know anybody there the hosts make you very comfortable. (I haven't found this is the case for all of Chabon's novels, or anyway it didn't work quite right in the short stuff of his I've read, and Summerland was more of a children's novel anyway.)
Ginger - Jul 18, 2004 2:50:18 pm PDT #5183 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Romance readers: A friend needs recommendations for romance authors to get for her 17-year-old niece. The niece likes "no particular period, just lords and ladies, fancy dress, butlers, footmen, ladies' maids, horses and coaches sort of stuff." The complication is that she'd like books with a minimum amount of explicit sex. I know that explicit sex probably won't harm a 17-year-old, but there's a nosy grandmother in the picture.
Any help would be appreciated.
Consuela - Jul 18, 2004 2:58:30 pm PDT #5184 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
there's a nosy grandmother in the picture.
I'd recommend Regencies, Ginger. In general they seem to be much less with the sex, and more with the comedy-of-manners sort of thing. Georgette Heyer would be an excellent bet -- she basically started the genre, actually. And they don't have any explicit sex, while being well-written, funny, and just plain fun.
Oh, another resource would be Melymbrosia's LJ; she regularly reviews romance novels, and you may find some good recommendations there.