I'm late to the party, but...ext_283115October 13 2011, 21:17:32 UTC
I enjoyed tihs book a lot. I just finished it last night, and now I'm waiting for a Book Lead over at Epinions to put it up so I can post my review.
As for the Adam/Jamie/gay thing, I found that interesting, but I didn't try to puzzle it out either. Not in the is Adam gay/isn't he sort of way, but just sort of mildly considering he likes Jamie enough in that fashion to do some of those things, though my main thought was that he sort of saw Jamie as an extension of himself, the part that was dying/dead, so he was comfortable with the things they did. That initially he was more alive at the beginning which is why he shuddered for a while before starting to lose more and more of his...alive-ness so to speak. If that makes any sense at all. And I could be reaching, for all I know. But it's interesting that I didn't think too much on that. I just sort of accepted it and rolled right along.
I also didn't have any problem with never knowing the whodunit. I saw this as Adam's story and as it wasn't a murder mystery, the answer wasn't ever going to be there for us. I think I would have been a little perturbed if Adam had never been frustrated with not knowing, but since he raged about it and bitched about it enough, I was satisfied.
This was actually my favorite books out of all the books we've read so far. It was strange, but in a good way. I think I'll get a card and recommend it at work. :)
Re: I'm late to the party, but...ext_283115October 14 2011, 00:17:25 UTC
Well, I've only done two (...three if you count Libyrinth, but I read that within a few weeks of its release, haha), so I can't really say. The other one I did was Shadowbridge and I was kind of ho-hum on it. I was going to try another (can't remember which one now), but I couldn't get it either from the library or interlibrary loan so I skipped it. Others just didn't have a premise that grabbed me so I didn't look into them.
As for the Adam/Jamie/gay thing, I found that interesting, but I didn't try to puzzle it out either. Not in the is Adam gay/isn't he sort of way, but just sort of mildly considering he likes Jamie enough in that fashion to do some of those things, though my main thought was that he sort of saw Jamie as an extension of himself, the part that was dying/dead, so he was comfortable with the things they did. That initially he was more alive at the beginning which is why he shuddered for a while before starting to lose more and more of his...alive-ness so to speak. If that makes any sense at all. And I could be reaching, for all I know. But it's interesting that I didn't think too much on that. I just sort of accepted it and rolled right along.
I also didn't have any problem with never knowing the whodunit. I saw this as Adam's story and as it wasn't a murder mystery, the answer wasn't ever going to be there for us. I think I would have been a little perturbed if Adam had never been frustrated with not knowing, but since he raged about it and bitched about it enough, I was satisfied.
This was actually my favorite books out of all the books we've read so far. It was strange, but in a good way. I think I'll get a card and recommend it at work. :)
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You should comment to the LIBYRINTH review, even though you read it when it first came out!
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http://www.epinions.com/review/Christopher_Barzak_One_for_Sorrow_epi/content_567211757188
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