Friday, January 23, 2009
this book..
I really dislike this book for many reasons. To begin with I have already read Mrs. Dalloway and I didn't like that book either. Now that I have to read about the girl writing Mrs. Dalloway, I am more upset. I didn't like the author of Mrs. Dalloway before I even read about her. I hated her just because she wrote this dumb book that bored the hell out of me. So, going in to reading the Hours I already had negative thoughts about one of the characters. Also, their is no significance in "re-writing" a book because any half ass author could re-write any ones book. They might even be able to make it into an incredible story that wins all of these awards; I still would not like that book. What is the problem with coming up with your own adventures. I would have given this book a chance if Cunningham would have made up his own story instead of replicating a horrible book. Even though it was a New York Times Bestseller I just can’t find any sympathy for it, the book sucks. I hope that in the future we can expand the types of books we are reading, I would like to read some thing that is a little bit more adventures and some thing that doesn’t put me to sleep at night
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4 comments:
Optomistic outlook
Open your mind, and try to appreciate the work of Cunningham.
yea, what jerry said
"I hated her just because she wrote this dumb book that bored the hell out of me."
Ha! This doesn't really reflect too well on you, Neve (at the very least, it makes you come across as a real Philistine). Understand, there are many grounds on which to legitimately attack this novel (some of which will be addressed in the essay we'll be reading next week by Jonathan Dee). Your own boredom, however, seems to reflect more on you than on the author of what is arguably one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. Again, you certainly don't have to like it--but it is incumbent upon you to examine and account for your own reaction. As it is, the sort of intellectual lassitude displayed by your post is pretty disheartening.
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