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The Quilt (Alida, #3)
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The book was well written but I found the fact that "the boy" has no name distracting and annoying. A child at that age is the centre of his or her own universe, everything references to them, and yet he has no name, no identity? I hardly think so. At that age, many children make names for themselves if they don't like the one they were given (I know this from experience). Yes, he pretends to be Roy Rogers, but he has no name for himself? Not even calling himself "Roy"?
The vibe I picked up was, curiously, one of anger and resentment--on the part of the author, not his characters. "The boy" is curiously passive, probably because there's really not much detail about his actions beyond "playing all day" (in so few words) and falling asleep. At that age, children live a rich imaginative life, and yet this boy is almost background. The only thing he seems to think about is that men are useless, men are ineffective, men are not there. Curious coming from a male author.
I don't know. I just didn't enjoy it much. I felt there could have been much more. Was the "quilt" ever actually finished?
Dissatisfying, like the last slice of bread in the breadbin. Where's the rest of it?
The vibe I picked up was, curiously, one of anger and resentment--on the part of the author, not his characters. "The boy" is curiously passive, probably because there's really not much detail about his actions beyond "playing all day" (in so few words) and falling asleep. At that age, children live a rich imaginative life, and yet this boy is almost background. The only thing he seems to think about is that men are useless, men are ineffective, men are not there. Curious coming from a male author.
I don't know. I just didn't enjoy it much. I felt there could have been much more. Was the "quilt" ever actually finished?
Dissatisfying, like the last slice of bread in the breadbin. Where's the rest of it?
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May 22, 2014 10:08PM
"The boy" is Gary Paulsen. Also, this suspense lets you end the story the way that you like.
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Priya wrote: ""The boy" is Gary Paulsen. Also, this suspense lets you end the story the way that you like."If it's meant to be a children's book, I doubt many child readers would make that connection.
I hated this book, the emotionless writing style might work for an adult book but NOT for a children's book. I felt like I was reading a textbook on behavioural analysis.
Manybooks wrote: "I hated this book, the emotionless writing style might work for an adult book but NOT for a children's book. I felt like I was reading a textbook on behavioural analysis."True; "the boy" doesn't act much like a kid. I've been a kid, with many brothers; I know this.
Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) wrote: "Manybooks wrote: "I hated this book, the emotionless writing style might work for an adult book but NOT for a children's book. I felt like I was reading a textbook on behavioural analysis."True; ..."
Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) wrote: "Manybooks wrote: "I hated this book, the emotionless writing style might work for an adult book but NOT for a children's book. I felt like I was reading a textbook on behavioural analysis."
True; ..."
The writing style was actually almost absurdist which might make sense in an adult novel or the theatre of the absurd but not in a memoir geared to children. No more Gary Paulsen books for me!
