Biting the Apple is the story of Eve Glass, once an Olympic sprinter and now a motivational speaker. She's the author of two books, Going the Dista...
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Nov 01, 2007
Hannah
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Eh. The back cover made it look promising, but it's pretty much a book where next to nothing happens. (And sometimes that works, but this book is less successful with that theme.) The claim that this book "examines our dearest held postmodern ideas about the existence of a true self" is a bit much. Actually, it's a lot much, given the actual content of the book. It is, at least, a fast read.
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Feb 15, 2010
Faith
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Many queer writers dream of "crossing over," of having their books become popular with a general audience. Few have achieved it, especially in the US, except with books that have no or minimal queer content. Even so, good writers like Bledsoe keep trying. I can't fault her for that, but I do fault her for producing a novel in which the lion's share of the action happens offstage or in the past. What's more, we learn about much of that action when the characters muse about it, not even
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Aug 03, 2010
Joanna
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I enjoyed Bledsoe's "Wild Silence" enough to pick up this book at the library. Unfortunately, it is nothing but a lengthy character study with a cast of completely unsympathetic characters. Little in the way of plot development, and all of the characters are either flat, dull or reprehensible. Or some combination of the three. For a book with a theme of grace, there is none to be found in this read. Making it to the end is a long hard slog, and ultimately an unrewarding one.
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Dec 13, 2008
Alena
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Intriguing novel by Lucy Jane Bledsoe.
Fun read about self-discovery and identity, analyzed by looking at four people whose lives are connected in a not so healthy way.
The cast of characters is Eve/Marianne, former Olympic athlete, now writer of successful self-help books. She's seemingly just floating in the direction other people push her, fulfilling the roles other people project on her. Nick, her former running coach and ex-husband who can't quite let go of her and the More...
Fun read about self-discovery and identity, analyzed by looking at four people whose lives are connected in a not so healthy way.
The cast of characters is Eve/Marianne, former Olympic athlete, now writer of successful self-help books. She's seemingly just floating in the direction other people push her, fulfilling the roles other people project on her. Nick, her former running coach and ex-husband who can't quite let go of her and the More...
Apr 06, 2011
Ash
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I struggled with either giving this 1 or 2 stars. So I'm settling for 1.5.
There was a time around the middle of the book where I thought the reading was going to get better and more interesting, and it sort of did, but not really, not enough.
I could not connect with any of the characters through the entire book. If I had at least that, I might have enjoyed this book a little bit more, but all of the characters were annoying, phony, or just completely stupid (namely Eve) More...
There was a time around the middle of the book where I thought the reading was going to get better and more interesting, and it sort of did, but not really, not enough.
I could not connect with any of the characters through the entire book. If I had at least that, I might have enjoyed this book a little bit more, but all of the characters were annoying, phony, or just completely stupid (namely Eve) More...
Oct 13, 2008
Beth
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Interesting premise, but I'm not sure I would have finished it if I hadn't been a captive audience (flying home from vacation.) The story begins with Eve, beautiful and athletic, about to begin a book tour to promote her latest motivational book. Her early success as a track star took her to the Olympics when she was just nineteen. After training for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, her dreams are shattered by the U.S. boycott. Central to the book is her complicated relationship with Nick (her c
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Aug 23, 2008
Karen
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okay, this was an annoying read--about a third of the way into it i wanted to put it down b/c the characters were so irritating. i forced myself to finish it, and it did get better, but it was a struggle not to give up early on.
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Sep 23, 2008
AJ
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This was a random pick while I was at the library. I'm loving it and only have about 20 pages left. I really like books that switch point of view for each chapter/section.
Dec 21, 2007
Danielle
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Another book I grabbed from the library just because it looked fun. And it's short.
Update: Not bad, not amazing - I wouldn't rush out to read more by her.
Update: Not bad, not amazing - I wouldn't rush out to read more by her.
Jun 15, 2009
Maria
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Eh.
(And I see I'm not the only one who thought that.)
(And I see I'm not the only one who thought that.)
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