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Old 09-21-2018, 04:55 AM   #102
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[...] For me, this shows again the total isolation of the clones from the "normal" human society. It doesn't occur to her that a non-clone might read her book. [...]
I had forgotten there was that sense of being spoken to as if I were one of the coterie. I think it adds to the that's the way things were acceptance of the circumstances as you read (assuming the book got you involved enough to feel that - which apparently wasn't the case for everyone).


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but then you and I are among the few who liked the book, gmw!
But don't you love the way reactions mix and match with different books. The Kate Anderson book you really liked but I didn't finish. That you and others liked Dandelion Wine much more than myself or Catlady. I couldn't finish Too Like The Lightning by Ada Palmer, but astrangerhere enjoyed it, meanwhile we both obviously really liked Never Let Me Go.

It shouldn't, I've seen enough of it, but I still continue to find this sort of thing surprising and intriguing. It's always: how can that be? (Like finding people that don't like truly favourite books of mine: no, that's impossible, you must have missed something! )
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