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Dara:
Just finished Eliot Perlman's (sp) "Seven Types of Ambiguity" and I didn't like it much. I like what he did - told an ongoing story from seven points of view that overlap and show deep rifts between how people experience similar traumatic events and explain their existences. But the characters all seemed written in the same voice, and the coincidences in the story were too unbelievable. I felt a bit suckered in by the drama and despair that kept me wanting to know how it ended. Needless to say I didn't like how it ended...
spoilers below:
It seemed like the literary-minded scholar/teacher type, despite arguably being the most unlikeable character, had everything go right for him in the end - at the expense of every other character. Perlman presents human interconnectivity in a very negative light. Actually he presents almost everything in a very negative light. I wanted to finish this book because a couple people I know have read it and I wanted to talk about it with them, and I can't resist a breathtaking story. The way he constructed the narrative was good, but I just didn't like his writing.
Cpt.Fantastic:
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi - about the Charles Manson Family murders, as if you didn't already know.
On The Road by Jack Kerouac - for about the 6th time, my favourite book.
StrikeThePostman:
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
It's one of those books my mom gave me to read - I've only gotten a few pages in, but I think I'll like it.
practicality:
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card. I probably won't finish it for a long time due to school.
dessa:
la terre by emile zola (its written in french so its taking ages to read properly)
beyond good and evil by nietzche
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