Comments on: Zone One, Colson Whitehead

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:29:03 +0000

In reply to Brendan. Ye-es? I can't remember! I remember it ended very grimly, so if he hadn't already been bitten, I think it was certainly implied that he was going to be.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:24:11 +0000

SPOILER ALERT : DONT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED THE BOOK.

As I read the book, I thought the story suggested that Mark Spitz was bitten by a skel or straggler. Am I correct?

By: Anna N

Anna N — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:39:15 +0000

Such an entertaining review! JLethem and JFranzen I can’t tell apart, but occasionally I can manage to remember that Jonathan Safran-Foer is the one who wrote the vegetarianism book (I am vegetarian, so this gets him points in my book) and also I liked his short story “A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease” in the New Yorker (and I hardly ever like short stories in the New Yorker unless they are by Sherman Alexie).

By: Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens | A Good Stopping Point

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens | A Good Stopping Point — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:36:44 +0000

[…] also love Dickens’ descriptions. In a recent review of Colson Whitehead’s Zone One by Jenny’s Books, Jenny remarked on how the descriptions […]

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:00:30 +0000

In reply to Christy. Inert is just a good word, and actually an excellent description for this book.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:00:14 +0000

In reply to Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness). :D Thanks!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:00:01 +0000

In reply to Vasilly. I hope you did too! And I hope you read something glorious soon! (and that I do too)

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:59:35 +0000

In reply to Trapunto. I like my fudge with no walnuts at all too. I would say cookies with too many chocolate chips, but I feel like that's not as good a description. Something with too many somethings, though, for sure. A food. I get where you're going with that.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:58:46 +0000

In reply to Memory.

Answer #1: I love clarity way more than metaphors. A few unclear metaphors are fine but lots of unclear metaphors make me stabby.

Answer #2: It’s a spoof of the kind of clear writing the reviewer wanted Colson Whitehead to have, but it’s not clear to me what parts are spoof and not. The governess part HAS to be a joke.

Answer #3: It was made of ALL WIN ALL THE TIME. I went to a football game and it was so amazing even though afterwards my throat felt like I had a ping-pong ball of pain sitting in it. That was my own fault for screaming so much. Also, I ate all the foods.

Answer #4: RIGHT? RIGHT?

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:56:57 +0000

In reply to Care. Love it! I'm calling it that from now on! I hope you had a good Thanksgiving, Care!