Comments on: Review: The Bedlam Stacks, Natasha Pulley

By: Katie @ Doing Dewey

Katie @ Doing Dewey — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 05:19:00 +0000

I don’t have any insight to offer on the contents of the book, but I did really enjoy your review 🙂

By: Aonghus Fallon

Aonghus Fallon — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:10:00 +0000

To cite an example. I remember meeting a nice old English couple years ago, who were mystified as to why Ireland fought for its independence only to join the EU fifty or so odd years later. Errmmm….

By: Aonghus Fallon

Aonghus Fallon — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:08:00 +0000

Intriguing – all the more so as she’s only 28 (!). Associating the Irish with bombs in the UK would have been very much the default attitude in the ’70’s – 80’s – ie, it’s a generational thing – for obvious reasons. If it survives at all today, it would be more prevalent in say, old school, conservative army families, to the extent of being a family trope, something a kid might pick up from parents/grandparents, albeit without the same baggage. Along with a pretty uncritical attitude towards the notion of empire? Maybe.

Speaking of which. Being Irish means you get all the benefits of being a first world citizen without that post-Colonial guilt complex. It also means you’re acutely aware of the peculiar narcissistic way Colonial and Post-Colonial powers think: ie, the attitude toward the IRA back in the day was one of complete mystification. Now I’m not defending the IRA, but I don’t think such organisations simply sprout up out of nowhere. There’s a context. Similarily, there was a lot of headscratching in the Guardian awhile back about what motivated muslim terrorists. What was UP with these guys?

By: JeanPing

JeanPing — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:31:00 +0000

Ha, my review of Watchmaker will be up tomorrow morning. I found out tell existence of this book last night.