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Originally Posted by Donnageddon
Just a note that Doctorow has recommended for those who enjoyed the book and are so inclined to donate a copy of Little Brother to a school or library. Details in the book itself, and at http://craphound.com/littlebrother/donate/
I have no need for the paper based book, and so I sent a book through Amazon to a local school library.
Does this make me feel all warm and fuzzy... yeah, just a little. But I am a sucker for Karma!
Thanks again, Jon, for the eCopy! |
The language of the book may reduce your Karma to some extent, and the book is written amateurishly. I'm sorry, it was pretty bad and didactic. To ask me if I could do better would be a fair enough response, but I suspect I could have developed this theme up to some standard of literary craft.
Well maybe I should try a second round with this book, it had been praised pretty highly, and after a few pages it is not totally surprising I felt let down. Maybe I'll try again sometime, sorry I sounded so harsh.. There is much to like about this book, a great theme, potential for strong characters, but it all seemed so predetermined and contrived, and the best books I have ever read have some subtle ambiguity which lets the reader draw their own conclusions, rather than the frying pan over the head. I'm thinking of Terrorist by Updike as an example of a character study which hits its mark more successfully.