tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post116313053430453266..comments2023-12-24T10:14:39.424-05:00Comments on Cole Slaw Blog: Thursday link-or-rama: Something for everybodyFlophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677185628909814152noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1163180664865396822006-11-10T12:44:00.000-05:002006-11-10T12:44:00.000-05:00I was pretty ambivalent about it until the end. I...I was pretty ambivalent about it until the end. It wasn't until the end that everything wrapped up and made sense. I had major problems with how she assembled her secondary characters -- really, Blue was the only one I found persuasive. But at the end of the book I felt like these second-tier characters were sort of beside the point and that this was a story about Blue and books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1163179646822451182006-11-10T12:27:00.000-05:002006-11-10T12:27:00.000-05:00No, I understand that it looks like that... I'm co...No, I understand that it looks like that... I'm conflicted about the book. I loved the middle as much as it seems. But the beginning was slow, and I have issues with the ending... not sure how major those issues are. [Done coopting comment space for my personal book club use.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1163178546535198872006-11-10T12:09:00.000-05:002006-11-10T12:09:00.000-05:00You wrote on your blog: "it is interesting and mo...You wrote on your blog: "it is interesting and moving and well-written and just about everything that makes a book good. It isn't perfect, but I almost missed my subway stop half the mornings I was reading it."<BR/><BR/>Usually there are only about two books a year that get that kind of reaction from me. This year it was <I>Never Let Me Go</I> and the new Cormac McCarthy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1163178193572199432006-11-10T12:03:00.000-05:002006-11-10T12:03:00.000-05:00Also, Lincoln Chafee makes me proud to have lived ...Also, Lincoln Chafee makes me proud to have lived in Rhode Island. First and last time for that sentiment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1163172121224359482006-11-10T10:22:00.000-05:002006-11-10T10:22:00.000-05:00I didn't love it - I just didn't want to get into ...I didn't love it - I just didn't want to get into <I>why</I> on the interwebs, because I still think it's worth reading, but if I'd heard my hesitations about the book before I read it (from someone else, of course), it'd have colored my reading of the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com