tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post4939559328973078765..comments2023-06-21T16:47:50.998+02:00Comments on A year down the line (well 7 years now): Diary of an Ordinary Woman by Margaret ForsterRosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01944155516559194389noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-6767329814208719342010-08-30T10:33:31.335+02:002010-08-30T10:33:31.335+02:00I have just finished We Need to Talk About Kevin b...I have just finished We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. It's an 'elegant psycholigica and philosophical investigation of culpability with a brilliant denouement'. A novel written from the mother's view of her teenage son's killing of 7 of his fellow students. Not a cheerful read and not sure the 'brilliant denouement' was worth waiting for.But interest in mother's attitude overcame subject matter. Surprisingly for me - but maybe not for an American more used to weird names - Lionel is a woman. I can be almost certain that there are no women Lionel's in the UK!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01944155516559194389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-74058143491703416832010-08-29T12:00:59.147+02:002010-08-29T12:00:59.147+02:00I will have to look up that book. I love even fak...I will have to look up that book. I love even fake diaries. You have to admit that it took a lot of creativity to pull an entire book out of imaginary diary entries. Especially a book engaging enough to hold you in thrall until the end when you got pissed off! What's up next on your reading list?The Pliershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09877106616685886293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-8329736770682061132010-08-27T09:44:41.699+02:002010-08-27T09:44:41.699+02:00@eloh I don't know why you haven't stagger...@eloh I don't know why you haven't staggered over this way before. Bring a bottle over.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01944155516559194389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-51773160866167782622010-08-26T21:13:31.107+02:002010-08-26T21:13:31.107+02:00Looks like I have trouble finding the "g"...Looks like I have trouble finding the "g" also.@elohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974297923741455898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-56274050761553297552010-08-26T21:12:28.462+02:002010-08-26T21:12:28.462+02:00I'd save that book.. just in case it ever came...I'd save that book.. just in case it ever came around where I could smack the author up side the head with it.<br /><br />How come I'm just now findind your blog? I don't drink... really I don't.@elohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974297923741455898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-54268794759977696762010-08-17T23:02:47.529+02:002010-08-17T23:02:47.529+02:00Carol, I have Atonement but haven't read it ye...Carol, I have Atonement but haven't read it yet (or seen the film) - what was it about the book that was annoying?<br /><br />JJJuniperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10930937754917509956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-13150877858173173482010-08-17T11:58:30.914+02:002010-08-17T11:58:30.914+02:00Someone recommended this for my book club but I di...Someone recommended this for my book club but I didn't get a chance to read it. I went along to the meeting about it because I thought it had sounded interesting and most of the group were absolutely furious about it! Said exactly the same as you, that they felt cheated!<br /><br />I felt the same way about Atonement by Ian McEwan and as a consequence can't bring myself to read any of his other work!<br /><br />C xCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327016337976942530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-5804152052328775972010-08-16T19:26:42.633+02:002010-08-16T19:26:42.633+02:00I would have felt the same, what a shame; but as y...I would have felt the same, what a shame; but as you say at least you got a good read out of it!Juniperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10930937754917509956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-64086408766028445302010-08-16T15:47:25.870+02:002010-08-16T15:47:25.870+02:00It does say once (when I studied them closely) in ...It does say once (when I studied them closely) in the reviews of the book on the cover that it is a novel but I just assumed that it was the italicised bits that made it a novel. <br />I guess I got the lovely read out of it before I discovered it wasn't true so all is not lost.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01944155516559194389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-58836997276151905522010-08-16T15:40:52.616+02:002010-08-16T15:40:52.616+02:00Oh I agree with Fly, and yes I would certainly hav...Oh I agree with Fly, and yes I would certainly have felt cheated too. It's almost like getting someone to buy and read your book under false pretences.Ayakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-16837634181584997362010-08-16T14:42:52.799+02:002010-08-16T14:42:52.799+02:00Oh yes, and so would I have felt.
Had she said thi...Oh yes, and so would I have felt.<br />Had she said this in the introduction you would have known where you were and decided how you would regard what you were about to read.<br />I feel I have a relation with a book...and I like to know where it is coming from.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.com