tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846295972825948800.post8122727089693929531..comments2023-03-13T01:20:27.001-07:00Comments on fiftytwo: Book Twentyone: Ten Days in the Hillsarajanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13198382896754614096noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846295972825948800.post-33561289891179506832008-06-22T16:55:00.000-07:002008-06-22T16:55:00.000-07:00oh no, that's too bad! what a shame, b/c i always ...oh no, that's too bad! what a shame, b/c i always liked jane smiley's older works. in fact, it was in one of my favorite classes at MHC (chr!s benfey's american lit III!) that i was first introduced to smiley thru "ordinary love and good will" (very good!). "a thousand acres" and "moo" were decent too. anwyay, good for you for being such a trooper and sticking around to the end. i guess this is one i won't be picking up from the library.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846295972825948800.post-33227334573272528052008-06-21T19:06:00.000-07:002008-06-21T19:06:00.000-07:00Oh my God _ i just looked up my review on Goodrea...Oh my God _ i just looked up my review on Goodreads of this book and look at this:<BR/>"I kept giving this book one more chapter, another 2o pages and finally at 150 pages I decided life was just too short and stopped reading. A clutter of uncompelling characters I couldn't keep straight. An unrealistic screenplay like "oh what a coincidence" semblance of a plot. The absolute most heavy-handed use of the Iraq War as heavy meaningful event. Just...wrong and clumsy and amateurish. Like the film "The Anniversary Party" in theme and execution but unbelievably, a hundred times more awkward. ..."<BR/><BR/>Ha! The Anniversary Party came up for me too. And I guess I read more than I thought I did.Make!Do!https://www.blogger.com/profile/08787313252498617774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846295972825948800.post-74866254022611914202008-06-21T19:01:00.000-07:002008-06-21T19:01:00.000-07:00Worst.Book.Ever. And she is a usually okay writer ...Worst.Book.Ever. And she is a usually okay writer but man, you are a champion - I gave up after a couple of chapters. I think the quote on the flyleaf said sexiest book ever and it was so so unsexy.Make!Do!https://www.blogger.com/profile/08787313252498617774noreply@blogger.com