tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post4661870619862790657..comments2023-12-22T10:17:24.280-05:00Comments on Bookpuddle: Carrying The FireCiprianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-40750522824332336782007-09-20T01:06:00.000-04:002007-09-20T01:06:00.000-04:00Well said and what a terrific review! I,too found ...Well said and what a terrific review! I,too found this wonderful and horrible at the same time. Wonderful story and writing and horrible because it is so possible. Super job!joemmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14290072739308059013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-87845544589373195512007-09-19T11:22:00.000-04:002007-09-19T11:22:00.000-04:00Great review! I couldn't put it down, despite the...Great review! I couldn't put it down, despite the fact that it was sooooo depressing. I read somewhere about people having trouble knowing who was speaking in some of the passages, but I never had a problem with that. I did reach for the lightest bit of fluff at hand as soon as I closed the covers and brushed away the last of the tears.JoanneMarie Fausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16751278640738482830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-35508681355716640242007-09-18T23:10:00.000-04:002007-09-18T23:10:00.000-04:00Thank you for your comment.The one thing I have fa...Thank you for your comment.<BR/>The one thing I have failed to mention in my review, [but reviews are not essays, per se] is that McCarthy not only shows the profound protector/love instinct in the parent... but also shows <B>the lack of it</B>, as well. For the <I>mother</I> of the child actually <I>does</I> abandon him, [the child] in the book. <BR/><BR/>How does it compare with the Crace book, <I>The Pesthouse</I>?<BR/>Well, I liked <I>Pesthouse</I> better, I really did.<BR/>But yes, comparisons like that are a bit... well, my Reading Partner is rightfully teaching me to not do it! <BR/><BR/>You've posed a good question, to the readers.<BR/>Were I to answer it, I would have to say I really liked [way back when] Stephen King's <I>The Stand</I>. <BR/>But, I guess <I>Brave New World</I>, and <I>1984</I> stand out in my mind as the best, really. I have not read <I>On The Beach</I>, but would like to.<BR/>And for sort of... <I>pseudo</I>-apocalyptic stuff, I love Jose Saramago's <I>The Cave</I>, and Atwood's <I>The Handmaid's Tale</I>.Ciprianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-5858449647553199952007-09-17T22:39:00.000-04:002007-09-17T22:39:00.000-04:00Reviews don't get any better than this. I read thi...Reviews don't get any better than this. I read this book too and you have captured the essentials of it in an amazingly concise fashion.<BR/><BR/>I read it almost in toto - in one sitting. <BR/>It's that kind of book. <BR/><BR/>How do you think it compares to the Crace you read a while back? Or should we not compare?<BR/><BR/>I wonder: what is the best (most mesmerizing, affecting, engaging?) apocalyptic literature your readers have ever read - and why? <BR/><BR/>I think it is a tough genre to write well.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your consistently thoughtful, entertaining stuff! I love this site!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com