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Post by juliab on Jul 25, 2007 9:01:23 GMT -5
Anyone read this? I just asked the library to get it in for me after the librarian recommended it.
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Post by Bara on Jul 25, 2007 9:44:15 GMT -5
Yes! Yes! I've read it. I loved it - let me know what you think!
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Post by adcooper on Jul 25, 2007 9:59:38 GMT -5
I did like it. Vivid characters and energetic writing. You'll like it, I think. But her next book, The Mermaid's Chair--eh, not so much.
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Post by johnnysauntie on Jul 25, 2007 10:33:46 GMT -5
Monstrously creative storytelling, strong writing and very good character development. No gaps or slow spots and some real eye-openers. I thought it was a wonderful read.
And I totally agree with Ad. Her next effort, "The Mermaid's Chair" blew. Boring, self indulgent. Vomit.
But do read Bees.
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Post by Lynne on Jul 25, 2007 11:09:05 GMT -5
I LOVED that book.....I still think about it and the characters even though I read it years ago. I thought it was amazing story telling and a unique story.
I'm with everybody else though on Mermaid's Chair (which I'm sure I have around here if anyone is daft enough to try it). I was so excited to get it, having loved Bees and it was a real letdown. Almost more like a romance novel than a really good story? I don't know ....its amazing to me that two stories by the same author could be such different reads style-wise.
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Post by filly on Jul 25, 2007 11:24:34 GMT -5
I adored that book! It was the first one we read in our Book club and I still like Lynne, remember the main characters in it and I just love the south. I loved the language, the flow, the story line. It was fantastic and I'm sure you will plow right through it!  I would have sent you my copy but one of my students seems to have hijacked it from my classroom.  |
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I would have sent you my copy but one of my students seems to have hijacked it from my classroom. 
