tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416328208371979012.post6594476840395419312..comments2023-10-20T06:37:51.148-07:00Comments on Breaking the Fourth Wall: The Road - No Way, No HowLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14612340863090247579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416328208371979012.post-17987650577705154492007-04-25T19:54:00.000-07:002007-04-25T19:54:00.000-07:00Hi Lisa, I came over from the "Something About Me"...Hi Lisa, I came over from the "Something About Me" site to see what you were saying about books. How interesting that you and I must have started this book about the same time. I, however, finished it. My children are adults and I have 7 grandkids. Nevertheless, your opinion of the book was right on. Here's a link to MY review, which confirms YOUR insights, but I have also offered a BETTER book in this category.<BR/><BR/>http://bonniesbooks.blogspot<BR/>.com/2007/04/road.html<BR/><BR/>(Put this URL back together with no spaces. The line extended too far beyond the edge and you'd have had a hard time reading it.)<BR/><BR/>I didn't pan <I>The Road</I> too badly, mostly because it seems to do what the author set out to do. But it was NOT my cup of tea, thank you very much!<BR/><BR/>LK, it isn't the violence that makes this one hard to get through. More like the lack of hope the main characters were feeling. Plus sentence fragments. Like these. Gets old.Bonnie Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813549471704485150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416328208371979012.post-91302307883031969602007-04-25T03:21:00.000-07:002007-04-25T03:21:00.000-07:00Hi Lisa!Nice blog you have here, and it is delight...Hi Lisa!<BR/>Nice blog you have here, and it is delightfully pink. I agree - the world is scary enough - we don't need to read things that will fuel our fear even more. Recreational reading should be filled with hope and redemption: that's what I like in a novel.Nadine Fawellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195579342324187133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416328208371979012.post-61269279261689077612007-04-23T11:19:00.000-07:002007-04-23T11:19:00.000-07:00Gulp, I have this book lined up for my "new in the...Gulp, I have this book lined up for my "new in the stacks" May reading.<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean, though; Blood Meridian was quite violent and difficult for me to get through...LKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445951627105831041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416328208371979012.post-46744752505474870212007-04-23T04:42:00.000-07:002007-04-23T04:42:00.000-07:00No, I just can't even look at this book. Sometimes...No, I just can't even look at this book. Sometimes the subject matter is just too gut-wrenching to read. Maybe in a few years, when our children are much older...<BR/>BTW, thank you for the lovely comment (I couldn't find an email address for you). I'll definitely be back.lazy cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756448890246596503noreply@blogger.com