Comments on: Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger https://readingtheend.com/2009/09/02/her-fearful-symmetry-audrey-niffenegger/ before I read the middle Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger « Regular Rumination https://readingtheend.com/2009/09/02/her-fearful-symmetry-audrey-niffenegger/#comment-13837 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:03:44 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1719#comment-13837 […] Care’s Online Book Club, Sophisticated Dorkiness, Presenting Lenore, books i done read, Jenny’s Books, Savidge […]

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/09/02/her-fearful-symmetry-audrey-niffenegger/#comment-13836 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:17:13 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1719#comment-13836 In reply to Care.

I agree Niffenegger’s very very clever. Each of her books is so – I don’t know, you can tell it’s her writing, but her books are so different. I love that.

Hahaha, you’re not lazy or uncultured; he’s not very well known in America, I don’t think! I wouldn’t have known who he was either if I hadn’t randomly started watching Doctor Who on a plane once. He plays the Doctor in the British television show Dr. Who; he had a small part in the fourth Harry Potter movie. He’s just EVERYWHERE in Britain right now, but not well-known over here.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/09/02/her-fearful-symmetry-audrey-niffenegger/#comment-13835 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:15:15 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1719#comment-13835 In reply to Care.

You’re so sweet!

]]> By: Care https://readingtheend.com/2009/09/02/her-fearful-symmetry-audrey-niffenegger/#comment-13834 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:48:58 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1719#comment-13834 You are NOT boring. I think you have quick wit and terrific sense of humor.

]]> By: Care https://readingtheend.com/2009/09/02/her-fearful-symmetry-audrey-niffenegger/#comment-13833 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:36:49 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1719#comment-13833 This is a fabulous review – I love that you mention the vividness of characters (I answered your comment at my post before reading this which might have been an error on my part but I’ll leave it)
I agree that this is a non-spooky ghost story but it can still be called creepy in a non-scary way, maybe? LOVE your identifying the theme of being an individual, too. Yes.
I’m starting to think that this book will have staying power – much to be bothered with but not a weakness of the plot? or it cleverly pushes ambiguous buttons. It’s going to be one of those books you’ll have to read to find out what the hubbub is about! I do think the photo of Ms.Niffenegger shows her as a serious and CLEVER woman.
and I don’t know who David Tennant is – eek?! I glossed right over that without a thought. Am I lazy or uncultured?

]]> By: Her Fearful Symmetry « Care's Online Book Club https://readingtheend.com/2009/09/02/her-fearful-symmetry-audrey-niffenegger/#comment-13832 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:27:56 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1719#comment-13832 […] and Jenny’s Books, […]

]]> By: Wrapping up 2009 « Jenny's Books https://readingtheend.com/2009/09/02/her-fearful-symmetry-audrey-niffenegger/#comment-13831 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:11:26 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1719#comment-13831 […] Her Fearful Symmetry – when I read it, it wasn’t even published yet.  Hurrah for books! […]

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]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/09/02/her-fearful-symmetry-audrey-niffenegger/#comment-13829 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:27:51 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1719#comment-13829 In reply to Jackie (Farm Lane Books).

I didn’t even think of it as a research thing, the reference to David Tennant. I was thinking of her previous book, where she made reference to things she liked herself, like the Violent Femmes – I assumed this was more of the same. I was struck by how specific a reference it was, but the episode referenced has parallels to Elspeth’s situation with Robert, so I could see the point there.

Do you think it was a homework thing? If I had written a book I can see mentioning Doctor Who, wherever the book was set. Just cause I love Doctor Who.

]]> By: Jackie (Farm Lane Books) https://readingtheend.com/2009/09/02/her-fearful-symmetry-audrey-niffenegger/#comment-13828 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:32:03 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1719#comment-13828 I think I had a similar reaction to you, but I think you enjoyed it slightly more than I did.

Did you not find the David Tenant mention a bit weird? I’m not sure why it was there – it seemed as though she wanted to do some research into what people in the UK liked watching and threw that in to show she had dome her homework.

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