Comments on: Review: The Bellwether Revivals, Benjamin Wood

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:05:23 +0000

In reply to Laurie C. Aw, how cool! Did you see him at an author event? Was he interesting?

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:51:45 +0000

In reply to As the Crowe Flies and Reads. Oh yeah, The Little Friend wasn't any good for me at all. I wanted to love it because I loved The Secret History, and it let me way way down. I'm trying not to expect too much from the new one! I don't want my expectations to be dashed again.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:49:50 +0000

In reply to Charlie. Well, the reason I thought we were "supposed" to be able to know the secondary characters is that the protagonist had clearly become friends with them. It wasn't a perfect friendship, but it was there. And I just felt like, if he's friends with them it must be for some reason, and I never knew what the reason might be.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:47:19 +0000

In reply to americanbookjunkie. It would be a wonderful book for a dark and stormy day -- a good book to sit down on the couch and read cover to cover.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:46:58 +0000

In reply to litlove.

Hahahaha, I understand the impulse to skate over the bad things. It’s still an enjoyable book, even with flaws — I didn’t start thinking of the criticisms until after I’d finished reading.

By: Laurie C

Laurie C — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:32:38 +0000

I love the cover of this book, but I don’t think I’d heard of it before seeing your review. I wonder sometimes if we convince ourselves that we like a book more than we did, or even the reverse sometimes. I read a book that actually kept putting me literally to sleep, but I still have to give it a good review, because it was a harder book than what I’ve been reading lately so I feel like it was my own failing not the book’s. But maybe my feeling that way is just because I bought a signed copy from the author!

By: aartichapati

aartichapati — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:55:10 +0000

Have you heard about the series coming to PBS called the Bletchley Circle? (or something like that) It’s about a group of women in post-WWII Britain who solve crimes (crimes qualify a Danger in their Midst, right?)! I think you would like it based on the above. Well – I think you would like it based on the PREMISE. I have not yet seen the series so cannot vouch for it, but, come on, it’s bound to be good, right?

By: As the Crowe Flies and Reads

As the Crowe Flies and Reads — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:56:26 +0000

Figured I linger on your blog since I stopped in for Harry Potter stuff. 🙂

I read this book on vacation last year and it was a real struggle to finish. One of those books I somehow convinced myself was just on the verge of getting better but which never did. Now Donna Tartt on the other hand–LOVED the Secret History, not so much little friend. Waiting to get my hands on the new one. Maybe come BEA the publisher will have galleys to distribute?

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:15:45 +0000

I’m reading a book that’s possibly similar in that character-notices-weirdness way, and it really does stop you from looking at it objectively. I’m hoping that, like you, I’ll be able to be critical once I’ve finished it. Considering all that, Bellwether really appeals to me, even if your criticisms sound like they’d become irritations whilst reading. The only thing I’d wonder is whether you’re *supposed* to know those secondary characters – I guess it depends on whether they are good or not, and not having read it I of course can’t say.

By: americanbookjunkie

americanbookjunkie — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:13:31 +0000

This sounds like an awesome book for a dark & stormy day. I’m excited. Except I’m also excited for The Goldfinch, and if that comes out first before I have a good rainy day to read, I might read that instead.