tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post5490535252893775353..comments2024-01-07T05:28:45.522-08:00Comments on Thmazing's Thutopia: Seventh Five Books of 2007Th.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-59644058355748843182007-05-22T06:07:00.000-07:002007-05-22T06:07:00.000-07:00I loved Eyre Affair and Peanuts. It's been so long...I loved <I>Eyre Affair</I> and Peanuts. It's been so long since I've read <I>Jane Eyre</I> itself. If you like Jasper Fforde, you may try reading <I>The Big Over Easy</I>. Its main characters are Jack Spratt and Mary Mary, Scotland Yard detectives in the Nursery Rhyme Division. Hilariously funny.Snow Whiteleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774326492206197407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-27769602349551924732007-05-21T06:31:00.000-07:002007-05-21T06:31:00.000-07:00Though I certainly didn't dislike it as much as yo...Though I certainly didn't dislike it as much as you did, Neverwhere did seem a little inconsistent to me. I liked so much about London Below - the way he used the underground system, including stations that had once existed but are no longer open, the way that the Londons of various time periods were all still part of its depths and dimensions. I loved the way that they (the inhabitants of LB) faded out of people's notice when they become part of London Below, and the way that correlated with the experience of the homeless on the streets of London that first gave him the inspiration for the story concept. What I didn't like was the way that superbly rendered characters were thrown together with mere caricatures, or how really great ideas had to share space with the corny ones. I read some advice to writers once (can't recall the source, sorry) that said that a writer should find their most beloved passage in a story, and rip it out, because it was almost certainly less well-written than they imagined. I felt no surprise at all then when I read that Neil absolutely loved the scene in the market where some woman is calling out about all the lovely garbage she's selling, because that was so fake-sounding it was nigh on indulgent to leave it in. <BR/><BR/>I honestly didn't notice all this terrible writing you speak of, but in spite of whatever flaws I did notice, in the end for me the overall cancelled out the details. I still loved it. I wish the BBC production of it hadn't been quite so low budget. It was good considering, but could have been so much better.choshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724444970503533654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-82788072977145891782007-05-21T06:27:00.000-07:002007-05-21T06:27:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.choshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724444970503533654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-11374744550558897932007-05-16T10:46:00.000-07:002007-05-16T10:46:00.000-07:00I liked Eyre Affair. I've had a hard time getting ...I liked <I>Eyre Affair.</I> I've had a hard time getting into anything else of late, so maybe I should try picking up the sequel and seeing if I can get into that one.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02954160939175918093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-33097287768360278642007-05-16T10:24:00.000-07:002007-05-16T10:24:00.000-07:00So pretty much I don't like Jane Eyre. She's so pr...So pretty much I don't like <I>Jane Eyre.</I> She's so prissy.<BR/><BR/>But I love <I>Villette</I>. Read that one next.Melyngochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07894183958877193588noreply@blogger.com