tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post759299465361734373..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: The Shadow of the WindJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-29793885765780660922012-08-15T10:49:08.408-07:002012-08-15T10:49:08.408-07:00I certainly understand your feelings; I'm a bi...I certainly understand your feelings; I'm a bit mixed about it myself, especially Penelope's eventual fate (so be glad you didn't get that far). Happily it was fiction, and I didn't take it very seriously. Thanks for telling me!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-51073764267891185712012-08-15T08:10:18.802-07:002012-08-15T08:10:18.802-07:00Well, since you ask... :)
I started this book a ...Well, since you ask... :)<br /><br />I started this book a couple of years ago but didn't finish it. I really wanted to like it, because it's about books, and it's so gothic. But I was really turned off by the, as you so perceptively put it, "teenage boy-ness" of the tone, the excess of sex and the female characters' being simply sexual fantasy figures. <br /><br />I didn't enjoy the writing enough to make up for that, unfortunately. Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784890975490896640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-16380485697413785742012-08-13T14:38:20.114-07:002012-08-13T14:38:20.114-07:00I also recently read this book - I did the audio v...I also recently read this book - I did the audio version which was great for the variety of insults floating around in this book. Both my man and I had a lot of fun with it, despite it's shortcomings. I am glad to hear there are 2 more centered around the cemetery of books. nrlymrtlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00572346310916207565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-61691254644538663072012-08-11T08:27:54.731-07:002012-08-11T08:27:54.731-07:00No apology necessary! I just wondered what exactl...No apology necessary! I just wondered what exactly made it the worst book you've ever read. I would certainly never be hurt that somebody didn't like the book, especially since I had kind of mixed feelings about it myself. No book is ever going to be loved by everyone.<br /><br />I did learn from the book not to move to Barcelona unless I want to be very very unhappy. :)Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-68426354213566854332012-08-11T06:37:13.130-07:002012-08-11T06:37:13.130-07:00Is it me you're thinking of? I said it was the...Is it me you're thinking of? I said it was the worst book I had ever read :)<br /><br />Sorry, by the way. Hate it when I hate books people like, makes me feel mean. I'm not trying to be mean!ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.com