Thursday, January 15, 2009

Thus far I really enjoy reading this book. I find it very poetic and smooth to read. The plot structure Cunningham uses with the three women makes the book very interesting. It holds your attention all the way through and makes you wonder how they all pertain to the larger picture. Although Cunningham is somewhat modernizing Woolfs Miss. Dalloway i enjoy his use of Virgina Woolf as a character. She may be a fictional character but there is a perose to it. It gives us a different perspectuse angle to anilitacly look at Miss. Dalloway. Mrs. Brown, Ms. Dalloway and Virgina Woolf are all meaningful characters that are interesting to read about. I am exited to learn more about the rest of the book and how it unfolds between these women. At the time they are nearly entirerly seperate with few relations like the novel Ms. Dalloway. I commend Cunningham in reproducing Ms. Dalloway and adding in his own twist and plot to it. They are deffinetly different novels but have many relations. I like it so far.

1 comment:

David Lavender said...

Carl,

Nice job on this review, though I wish it was tilted a little less toward plot summary and addressed the larger, thematic issues that Vonnegut seems to be raising. Of course, a review needs to establish the 'givens' of a book (its setting, character, plot, etc), and you manage to do this nicely. But I think in order to really persuade your readers to pick up the book and give it a read, it might have been wise to include at least a nod toward some of the issues surrounding Vonnegut's view on fate (the whole "So it goes" stuff).

That said, I enjoyed getting your reactions to the novel, one that I am very glad you enjoyed (this could be a useful title for you on the AP).