Sorry for the silence with my break going on I haven't had time to post. Everyone is asking what we do once the book and month is over. I say, lets post about it of course! And everyone can leave comments about anything they want to say as well as post their own thoughts. I will go first...
I didn't like it.
Go figure!
Sorry guys, I picked a very special book for our first month. Maybe my idea of reading a book for the first time the same as everyone else wasn't the best idea. Next time I'm going to pick a book I've already read and loved, so I can justify why I picked it when all of you tell me how much you hate it :).
At first I really liked the book. the main character was who I loved the most. His dry humor about this awful situation he was in made me wanting to go back for more. Marianne Engel is a strange characters and I loved reading her tragic romance stories although I always felt unsatisfied at the end of each.
I think with Marianne killing herself in the end was not my cup of tea. I can understand the concept of this book though. I think the entire book is about Marianne convincing our main man of her views on love. Each story is about a romance that cannot end the way everyone would like it too. In a way she seemed to be preparing the reader and him for what she was going to do in the end. I don't agree with her views. It's silly she died for no real reason. I feel like other then what I just said, everything else was never tied in. which is too bad.
So there you go. That's how I feel.
What do y'all think? Let's start posting!
P.S. - I am getting my copy of our July's book and start reading asap. I will post once I have something interesting to say about that one.
2 comments:
I pretty much agree. I enjoyed it throughout. It kept my attention. It was weird. I just got disappointed in the end that it didn't make me feel like I had learned anything. In fact, it frustrated me because if anything it all went down under the belief I have had to listen to for my whole life, "I have faith, you don't, and that is why I am right, and you are wrong. Deal with it." That seems to be Marianne's point to me. But God would never ask you to kill yourself. And if he told me to kill myself I would tell him where to go anyway.
THANK YOU FOR POSTING!! Now I can let go of my breath....
Well----I wrote about this book on my Goodreads, and went back and forth about whether to give it three stars or four stars----I really wanted 3 1/2 stars.
So, here is is:
I believe that this story of a burn victim that may or may not have been alive before and the woman that shows up to take care of him creates a love/hate feeling for me. I loved various parts of the book and the writing was clever, but it was a bit crass---especially since the protagonist was a porn star before his burn accident. But you really have to overlook that and get into the story.
There are times when Marianne, the woman who takes care of the burn victim, recites stories that go off of the main story. This was a bit annoying at first, but eventually I got used to it and realized the importance to the whole story. There were still a lot of unknowns when the book ended, but I felt fulfilled by what I had already read, so it didn't seem to matter. All in all, not my favorite book, but compelling all the same. (I would have given it three and a half stars if I could, but I rounded up.)
So, my final thought: Compelling and interesting, but I wouldn't recommend it....
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