The Blind Assassin
2 journalers for this copy...
3/7/06
As soon as I finish reading, I am sending the book to notnot.
For some reason, this book has been a challenge for me. I really enjoyed the Handmaid's Tale. I couldn't put that book down, but this one didn't have that effect on me till like around page 300.
Although there is a passage that the word choice was so unusual that I really enjoyed it. (I normally don't include passages of the book in journal entries.. maybe my entries are evolving.) Anyway...
"As we went on, he became less and less like a man for me, with a skin and working parts, and more and more like a gigantic tangle of string, which I was doomed as if by enchantment to try every day to unravel. I never did succeed."
I have felt that way before as I believe that those words are very accurate.
3/8
Okay. I just finished reading the book. I didn't see the ending coming at all. I caught on to who the lovers were in the story of the Blind Assassin, but the ending.. whew.. didn't see that coming at all.
I don't think that I mentioned that there are 2 stories going on in this book. They are intertwined. One part of the novel is the story of Iris, her marriage and her life. The other part of the book is a novel written by one of the characters in the book. The two stories almost alternate chapters.
enjoy!
As soon as I finish reading, I am sending the book to notnot.
For some reason, this book has been a challenge for me. I really enjoyed the Handmaid's Tale. I couldn't put that book down, but this one didn't have that effect on me till like around page 300.
Although there is a passage that the word choice was so unusual that I really enjoyed it. (I normally don't include passages of the book in journal entries.. maybe my entries are evolving.) Anyway...
"As we went on, he became less and less like a man for me, with a skin and working parts, and more and more like a gigantic tangle of string, which I was doomed as if by enchantment to try every day to unravel. I never did succeed."
I have felt that way before as I believe that those words are very accurate.
3/8
Okay. I just finished reading the book. I didn't see the ending coming at all. I caught on to who the lovers were in the story of the Blind Assassin, but the ending.. whew.. didn't see that coming at all.
I don't think that I mentioned that there are 2 stories going on in this book. They are intertwined. One part of the novel is the story of Iris, her marriage and her life. The other part of the book is a novel written by one of the characters in the book. The two stories almost alternate chapters.
enjoy!
mailed to notnot as part of the Lifetime Release Challenge that I am participating in. She is participating in the 5 books, 5 countries, 5 continents challenge and this book was on her list of proposed reading. Glad to help!!
This book was waiting for me when I got home from Easter vacation, what a great surprise! It is a very nice gesture of karen-r to send it to me. I'm proud to be a part of your lifetime challenge, and I look forward to reading the book!
I have started reading the book now, and it looks promising. I will come back with a better review of the novel when I have finished it.
#63 of "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die".
#63 of "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die".
Brilliantly written, this is a grand story. Margaret Atwood has a way of writing which is very enjoyable, and she manages to convey the pictures to the reader without any fuss.
The two stories are intertwined to perfection, and the end comes as a complete surprise.
I will have to keep this one!
The two stories are intertwined to perfection, and the end comes as a complete surprise.
I will have to keep this one!
