Comments on: Review: White Tears, Hari Kunzru

By: teresareads

teresareads — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 01:25:00 +0000

I just finished this and am now back to talk to you about it. I didn’t like it as much as you did–I thought the turn toward horror was too abrupt. I did love the B-side. I’ll have to go back and look for the pick-up truck scene you reference. The scene that made an impression on me was in the flashback, with the two white guys assuring the police they were not there to make trouble, no sir. Because it’s just too real.

And I agree about the resolution. I don’t think ghosts need to be given strong, seamless, perfect motivation. The randomness of ghosts is part of the scariness.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 03 May 2017 14:01:00 +0000

I love a good ghost story! Will be adding this to the TBR!

By: Cee Arr @ DORA

Cee Arr @ DORA — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 15:07:00 +0000

I hadn’t heard of this one! It sounds awesome! *sticks on groaning TBR*

By: Alley

Alley — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:01:00 +0000

“It makes privileged white kids pay the bitter, vicious price of the country’s racial sins. It’s the rare ghost story that makes you root for the ghost.” This right here is kind of enough for me to want to read this. And way more than the description which did not interest me.

By: Kristen M.

Kristen M. — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:47:00 +0000

In reply to Jenny @ Reading the End. I believe you, Jenny. :)

By: Naomi

Naomi — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:46:00 +0000

In reply to Jenny @ Reading the End. :)

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:09:00 +0000

In reply to A.M.B.. It's a good gift! Make sure you tell them when you give it to them that it's a SCARY GHOST STORY, not whatever litfic nonsense the blurb makes it sound like.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:09:00 +0000

In reply to Kristen M.. Having worked in marketing for publishing, I will say that all the marketing people are also passionate readers. (Everyone in publishing has to love reading because we are n o t in it for the money.) But they can't read every book that gets published, so I'm actually going to blame either the author for being bad at describing his book (the title, you notice, is also not tremendously suited to the book) or the acquiring editor for passing it through. MY PEOPLE ARE INNOCENT. :p

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:07:00 +0000

In reply to Tasha B. (heidenkind). Hahahaha, okay, that's fair enough! It is indeed VERY SCARY, and of the ?four? people who have also read it that I've said "I'd rather it be random," all of them have disagreed with me. So there you go. :p

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:07:00 +0000

In reply to Heather. Yes yes! You totally should! It's really really good, if you can handle scary stuff.