That cover really is just lovelyand the book itself sounds intriguing as well. I love Valente's narrative voice, and it would be nice to read a book with that same poetic flare. I'll have to add this one to my lengthy, lengthy to-read list.
It was a book I couldn't couldn't finishdry prose, in need of a plot or some sort of forward momentum, but most of all there was too much telling and too little showing, as the old writing phrase goes, for a story about storytelling. I've been trying for two weeks to get through it, and just gave up because I find no pleasure or worth in reading it.
Fair enough. Thanks for the link. For me, the voice worked, and I also mentioned I was biased in the review. ;) Though I'm surprised you didn't find any of the stories to be stories, but considering the regular mention of plot, it sounds like the writing style/structure (lack thereof concerning the latter) was what did you in.
Hrmmm. Sounds intriguing. :) I'll have to check this out too. I have to thank you for reading and reviewing so many books! I'd never have found these on my own and it's definitely expanding the books and genres I read.
I've heard great things about Watchmen although I've never had the opportunity to read it. Will you be watching the movie when it comes out?
One of my friends is getting into comics too so I've been getting into that field as well. Will you be reading other graphic novels (after the Watchmen series)?
The movie is the reason I'm reading the graphic novel. The trailer just did nothing for me, so I decided I needed to read the source material first. We'll definitely see the movie--Greg's all excited about it.
I'll be reading the Sandman series, definitely. Not sure what else. Maybe some Hellboy.
You could try Fables too. It's basically all your regular fable-like characters that were pushed out from their various homelands/kingdoms by the Others and now have to survive in the Real World. Snow White is the mayor of the Fables, the wolf from the Little Red Riding Hood is the sheriff, Jack the Giant Killer is sort of a con man / thief, Beauty and the Beast are having troubles now blending in and want to get divorced...
It's not my cup of tea, since it's a little darker in the morally ambiguous way than I usually prefer in my entertainment, but I think it's something that you'd enjoy.
I've heard good things about Hellboy 2's movie but - and I feel slightly shallow for this - I can't get past his appearance. Just don't like it. :/
And Sandman! That's awesome. That's the one by Neil Gaiman right? Have you read his books too?
I'll be reading what Greg has available. Fortunately, that's a lot. And yes, Sandman is Neil Gaiman. Of his books, I've only read AMERICAN GODS.
Have you seen the first HELLBOY movie? That was really good. The second wasn't AS good as the first, but it was still fun, with some wicked-awesome fighting scenes.
Yay for graphic novels! I recently started dating someone who reads fantasy and such (another yay for me) and was digging through my collection for things to share with him. I'd forgotten how much I like the medium and I'll be very interested to hear what you think of The Watchman. I, like millions of others, saw the preview for the movie in front of The Dark Knight and I think the story looks intriguing. Basically I want to read all of Moore's stuff.
Hey, this is kind of unrelated, but I've been meaning to ask you... do you happen to know of any good online book clubs or reading groups? I keep finding groups but there's never any good discussions going on.
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My review.
It was a book I couldn't couldn't finishdry prose, in need of a plot or some sort of forward momentum, but most of all there was too much telling and too little showing, as the old writing phrase goes, for a story about storytelling. I've been trying for two weeks to get through it, and just gave up because I find no pleasure or worth in reading it.
A bit of a contrast, I suppose. ^^
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I've heard great things about Watchmen although I've never had the opportunity to read it. Will you be watching the movie when it comes out?
One of my friends is getting into comics too so I've been getting into that field as well. Will you be reading other graphic novels (after the Watchmen series)?
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The movie is the reason I'm reading the graphic novel. The trailer just did nothing for me, so I decided I needed to read the source material first. We'll definitely see the movie--Greg's all excited about it.
I'll be reading the Sandman series, definitely. Not sure what else. Maybe some Hellboy.
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It's not my cup of tea, since it's a little darker in the morally ambiguous way than I usually prefer in my entertainment, but I think it's something that you'd enjoy.
I've heard good things about Hellboy 2's movie but - and I feel slightly shallow for this - I can't get past his appearance. Just don't like it. :/
And Sandman! That's awesome. That's the one by Neil Gaiman right? Have you read his books too?
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Have you seen the first HELLBOY movie? That was really good. The second wasn't AS good as the first, but it was still fun, with some wicked-awesome fighting scenes.
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