I think this is suppose to be one of those 'guilty pleasure' books but I got hung up on SO much I couldn't even find it campy.
Here is the one that rea...moreI think this is suppose to be one of those 'guilty pleasure' books but I got hung up on SO much I couldn't even find it campy.
Here is the one that really bugs me: The leading lady is deaf but because she was afflicted with it late in life she can read lips and trick people into believing she isn't hearing impaired. She learns a second language after she becomes deaf. She is able to pronounce a word she is just introduced to, only having lip read it.(less)
This is a fantastic story that got held back by the romance. A lot of the romance is weird too, and can be a book deal breaker for some romance fans b...moreThis is a fantastic story that got held back by the romance. A lot of the romance is weird too, and can be a book deal breaker for some romance fans but I suggest trying it anyway.
Annie is a normal healthy girl but gets a fever as a child that leaves her deaf. Her family thinks she is mad and hides her in shame and abuses her (in an ambiguously villainous way). When she is 20 a local man violently rapes her and leaves her pregnant. Her story and perspective was so interesting and really sets this book apart from the genre. I wish the her POV was either the only one or wasn't included at all; that would have added greatly to the drama and development.(less)
I know beggars can't be choosers, but I can't help it...
This book has a lot of my 5 star tags but Kinsale just didn't seem to know what to do with the...moreI know beggars can't be choosers, but I can't help it...
This book has a lot of my 5 star tags but Kinsale just didn't seem to know what to do with them. I liked the deaf-mountain-man-hermit thing and the emotionally-unstable thing but these were so inconsistent that it wasn't even entertaining. The leading man would go from a gimpy puss to Zoro in a split second; I would have rathered he stay the gimpy puss, he was likable then.
Also, just as a PS, this is one of those travel books where the whole time is spent trying to get to 'that place' or to find 'that person.' I have no patients for that theme. I think every book, no matter the era it's set in, should have Star Trek technology where everyone just beams to where they want to be.(less)
What's with everyone hating the editing? I thought the book had great editing.
I didn't find the characters too absurd or abstract to be unrealistic, b...moreWhat's with everyone hating the editing? I thought the book had great editing.
I didn't find the characters too absurd or abstract to be unrealistic, but too absurd and abstract to be fictional. The transgressive themes of this book are all well and great and are attended to in other people's reviews, so I wont bother with one more attempt to praise it, but what I found most entertaining and refreshing are the characters in and of themselves. If you find them off-putting it's because you're one of them.
This is emotional porn; exploitative to the point where the federal government would need to regulate it if it were imitated.(less)
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