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Bellwether
by Connie Willis
by Connie Willis
Brandy Painter's review
bookshelves: adult-fiction, contemporary-fiction, science-fiction
Dec 20, 10
bookshelves: adult-fiction, contemporary-fiction, science-fiction
Read on December 19, 2010
Part of a review posted here.
I laughed my way through this entire book. Sandra is a wonderful character and narrator. Her knowledge of trends and her resultant distaste for them coupled with her practical common sense and snarky humor made it easy for me to identify with her and get caught up in the story. She is also a little clueless and mean-spirited at times but it all comes together wonderfully. The scary thing about this book is that Willis didn't have to over exaggerate most of the situations she was depicting. I have wasted more of my life than I like to think about at meetings the likes of which HiTek employees attend. All of Willis' books have made me think and this one was no exception. I spent a lot of time yesterday analyzing my resistance to trends and how I managed to develop such a high level of resistance to them. Also, I know what a bellwether is now and I didn't before.
I laughed my way through this entire book. Sandra is a wonderful character and narrator. Her knowledge of trends and her resultant distaste for them coupled with her practical common sense and snarky humor made it easy for me to identify with her and get caught up in the story. She is also a little clueless and mean-spirited at times but it all comes together wonderfully. The scary thing about this book is that Willis didn't have to over exaggerate most of the situations she was depicting. I have wasted more of my life than I like to think about at meetings the likes of which HiTek employees attend. All of Willis' books have made me think and this one was no exception. I spent a lot of time yesterday analyzing my resistance to trends and how I managed to develop such a high level of resistance to them. Also, I know what a bellwether is now and I didn't before.
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Quotes Brandy Liked
“Why do only the awful things become fads? I thought. Eye-rolling and Barbie and bread pudding. Why never chocolate cheesecake or thinking for yourself?”
― Connie Willis, Bellwether
― Connie Willis, Bellwether
