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I have a mixed response to this novel. I wanted to like it overall, because time and time again I would stop to reflect on a phrase that impressed me. But....I expected more in terms of its content and structure.
I did not sense that the narrative's analogy with the Apple Powerbook has been fully developed, thematically speaking. The chapter/segment headings parallel the Apple OS menu commands, but that's basically it. From the publicity material I assumed that the novel has been written in such ...more
I did not sense that the narrative's analogy with the Apple Powerbook has been fully developed, thematically speaking. The chapter/segment headings parallel the Apple OS menu commands, but that's basically it. From the publicity material I assumed that the novel has been written in such ...more
People seem either to love or to hate this one. I'd agree that it's not her best work, but for my tastes, Winterson's not-best is better than almost anyone else's best.
Although the narrator, Ali/Alix, who is herself a writer (and all too easily confused with the author), says that her books are all about boundaries and desire, it seems to me that this book in particular is a book about storytelling and writing masquerading as a book about boundaries and desire. The narrator's conception of love ...more
Although the narrator, Ali/Alix, who is herself a writer (and all too easily confused with the author), says that her books are all about boundaries and desire, it seems to me that this book in particular is a book about storytelling and writing masquerading as a book about boundaries and desire. The narrator's conception of love ...more
I really wanted to like is book, but by the halfway point I was tired of the premise and the story just didn't carry me.
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passion! obsession! and storytelling! in the age of the internet.
Dec 21, 2008
Stephanie
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