tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post5886768008942121585..comments2023-08-10T04:03:44.387-04:00Comments on This Book and I Could Be Friends: "This austere skepticism is not so much balanced as complicated by a giddy submission to the mystical."Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-36235435515516997522011-05-04T13:46:44.110-04:002011-05-04T13:46:44.110-04:00Emily: Yes, that's why I've always liked u...Emily: Yes, that's why I've always liked unreliable narrators too. I appreciate <i>some</i> resolution but I like to keep thinking after the story's done.<br /><br />Sarah: It was constantly surprising, wasn't it?Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-36628329238348863022011-05-01T16:11:49.809-04:002011-05-01T16:11:49.809-04:00Some of the stories were really fun all by themsel...Some of the stories were really fun all by themselves, and I liked how at times it felt like you'd been given a clue that made another story make more sense, and then almost immediately another detail came to light that threw all of your conjecture to the wind. I had a very good time with this one - glad you did too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-75551221019861377802011-05-01T14:44:48.351-04:002011-05-01T14:44:48.351-04:00I agree, this was great fun. I didn't find al...I agree, this was great fun. I didn't find all the stories individually gripping (I tended to like the ones toward the beginning better, particularly "The Plot to Hide America," "The American Shahrazad" and "The Tenebrian Chronicles"), but I was certainly gripped by the "find-the-connections" game. And liked Glennon's ability to bring things into ambiguity and leave them there, so that no one "real" truth emerges.Emilyhttp://www.eveningallafternoon.comnoreply@blogger.com