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For class, I had to read "The Hours" as well as in class we watched its movie form. I have to say that the book turned out to be quite interesting despite it going into long tangents. If I didn't have to read it, I probably would have given up on it after 3 of its off "chapters."
It's basically about 3 women who are miserable, all of them are bisexual or have some sort of thing for their same gender in some form. Two make life choices that are bad, while the other figures out things are not so bad after all. Their thoughts were interesting although quite annoying to have to read. A nice twist at the end as well. I kid you not though when I say it would just go on.
For example, it would go like, "Laura went into the kitchen and noticed a flower on the table. It reminded her of the time she went out to buy nail polish. Oh what a fun day that was with all the colorful people she saw, like the clown, the rapist and the candlestick maker. [Insert more on about the nail polish story]. Laura sits at the table to move the flower and sees her place mat. She got it while vacationing in Rome. She had the stomach flu at the time and could not get any medication because Rome was being attacked by the living undead and she needed to find the Master Sword so she could slay them, after of course figuring out the Song of Time. Laura looked up from the table to notice her son was waiting for breakfast. When did he get here?"
Obviously that's not what happened in the story (though some of that would be fucking cool), but it's like, "OKAY I GET IT, YOU REMEMBER THINGS, SHUT THE FUCK UP!" It wasn't until the middle of the novel I started not minding the long tangents since I realized then it was giving some much needed back-story to the characters. It was trying to describe the lives of these 3 women in one day (each woman had her own chapter for her view) but it really just dragged on, even if they were important points.
The response paper was more annoying, because this book was also based on another book (and in fact references this book in the story) and even though we did not have to read it, in order to do an essay about the book, we had to look up this book on our own. Sure there are sparknotes and such, but I won't get the best feel for a character if I didn't read the book. It felt like a real bitch move to do.
Now I am reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" which I've already read in high school. If I remember correctly, I actually enjoyed this story so it should not be too hard. Despite my complaints about "The Hours" and the essay for it, I have been enjoying this class.
It's basically about 3 women who are miserable, all of them are bisexual or have some sort of thing for their same gender in some form. Two make life choices that are bad, while the other figures out things are not so bad after all. Their thoughts were interesting although quite annoying to have to read. A nice twist at the end as well. I kid you not though when I say it would just go on.
For example, it would go like, "Laura went into the kitchen and noticed a flower on the table. It reminded her of the time she went out to buy nail polish. Oh what a fun day that was with all the colorful people she saw, like the clown, the rapist and the candlestick maker. [Insert more on about the nail polish story]. Laura sits at the table to move the flower and sees her place mat. She got it while vacationing in Rome. She had the stomach flu at the time and could not get any medication because Rome was being attacked by the living undead and she needed to find the Master Sword so she could slay them, after of course figuring out the Song of Time. Laura looked up from the table to notice her son was waiting for breakfast. When did he get here?"
Obviously that's not what happened in the story (though some of that would be fucking cool), but it's like, "OKAY I GET IT, YOU REMEMBER THINGS, SHUT THE FUCK UP!" It wasn't until the middle of the novel I started not minding the long tangents since I realized then it was giving some much needed back-story to the characters. It was trying to describe the lives of these 3 women in one day (each woman had her own chapter for her view) but it really just dragged on, even if they were important points.
The response paper was more annoying, because this book was also based on another book (and in fact references this book in the story) and even though we did not have to read it, in order to do an essay about the book, we had to look up this book on our own. Sure there are sparknotes and such, but I won't get the best feel for a character if I didn't read the book. It felt like a real bitch move to do.
Now I am reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" which I've already read in high school. If I remember correctly, I actually enjoyed this story so it should not be too hard. Despite my complaints about "The Hours" and the essay for it, I have been enjoying this class.