01-19-2009, 11:27 PM
01-20-2009, 03:36 AM
thank god you reminded me. i had forgotten. will be 20 minutes late but will be on.
01-20-2009, 06:09 AM
well I'm late my self. I would have sent reminders to everyone but I couldn't find that here
I am trying to think about this story as it is a while since I read it.
I found it emotionally draining but wonderfully written. The first chapters were so terribly sad and depressing that I could only read short passages at a time. The child lying in hospital with is mother watching over him was hard. Then getting into the childs mind and the people and images he sees. I got to a certain stage the I just could not put it down at all and had to keep reading, no matter how sad it got. All sorts of emotions ran through me while reading this one that I had to take time away from reading to get it out of my system. It's a long time simce I have read a book like that
I am having terrible trouble with the site tonight. It is taking ages to post and if I try to go to another section it just won't load. I can't see there being much of a book club if we are all going to be having problems
I am trying to think about this story as it is a while since I read it.
I found it emotionally draining but wonderfully written. The first chapters were so terribly sad and depressing that I could only read short passages at a time. The child lying in hospital with is mother watching over him was hard. Then getting into the childs mind and the people and images he sees. I got to a certain stage the I just could not put it down at all and had to keep reading, no matter how sad it got. All sorts of emotions ran through me while reading this one that I had to take time away from reading to get it out of my system. It's a long time simce I have read a book like that
I am having terrible trouble with the site tonight. It is taking ages to post and if I try to go to another section it just won't load. I can't see there being much of a book club if we are all going to be having problems
01-20-2009, 08:02 AM
When I looked at this book in the library, I knew I couldn't read it. Heartbreaking stuff.
01-21-2009, 11:34 PM
Hi guys, I hadn't forgotten this but I had a vomiting bug that night (Oons will know how I picked that up!!! A baby getting sick on me while I was talking to Oons on the phone!!) and was barely functioning. I will post my views on this book though next time I'm online at night, just on lunch at the mo.
01-22-2009, 01:11 AM
oh no Shirley, it's the same here though and a terrible flu going around.
I don't think the book club would have worked what with some not being able to got on this section for some strange reason and then if you make a post that is too long it takes ages to come up. The site is not as good as the old one,
I don't think the book club would have worked what with some not being able to got on this section for some strange reason and then if you make a post that is too long it takes ages to come up. The site is not as good as the old one,
01-22-2009, 04:19 AM
Oh you poor thing, Shirley. I hope you're better now.
I second what you said Claire. I miss the old site!
I second what you said Claire. I miss the old site!
01-22-2009, 07:48 AM
SPOILER ALERT
I enjoyed this book and thought it was wonderfully written, but the gloom that permeated the entire thing was just too much for me at times. It wasn't just the situation with Leo - every character in the book seemed to be soaked in sadness. It really drained me at times. I don't mean this to sound awful, but what was going to happen to Leo wasn't what made me sad, because I knew from the second I picked the book up that the outcome was inevitable. In fact, if he had made some miraculous recovery at the end of the book, I would have been raging as it just wouldn't have been the right ending. I finished the book thinking what a wonderful writer, BUT I'm glad I don't write like that, because I would be an emotional wreck. I kept asking myself how the writer must feel as she was writing - could she disassociate herself from that sadness when she closed her laptop? And I could only think that no, she couldn't, because she must care about those characters too much to be able to just switch off. I'm not speculating on how she feels or thinks as such, just saying what went through my mind as I read the book.
Gotta go, have more to say about the book but am going to post this now in case I lose the text! The site is doing weird things to me too when I try to post! Be back later.
I enjoyed this book and thought it was wonderfully written, but the gloom that permeated the entire thing was just too much for me at times. It wasn't just the situation with Leo - every character in the book seemed to be soaked in sadness. It really drained me at times. I don't mean this to sound awful, but what was going to happen to Leo wasn't what made me sad, because I knew from the second I picked the book up that the outcome was inevitable. In fact, if he had made some miraculous recovery at the end of the book, I would have been raging as it just wouldn't have been the right ending. I finished the book thinking what a wonderful writer, BUT I'm glad I don't write like that, because I would be an emotional wreck. I kept asking myself how the writer must feel as she was writing - could she disassociate herself from that sadness when she closed her laptop? And I could only think that no, she couldn't, because she must care about those characters too much to be able to just switch off. I'm not speculating on how she feels or thinks as such, just saying what went through my mind as I read the book.
Gotta go, have more to say about the book but am going to post this now in case I lose the text! The site is doing weird things to me too when I try to post! Be back later.
01-26-2009, 09:04 PM
well sorry a week later but better late than never girls any how.
I found it uosetting to read. very emotional scenes.
SPOILERS ALERT********
what was the story with the ending?? Being pregnant again by the same man. what about her husband?? What the hell?? the poor husband i thought he was great. it was all messed up in my opinion. I was very cross with the ending
I found it uosetting to read. very emotional scenes.
SPOILERS ALERT********
what was the story with the ending?? Being pregnant again by the same man. what about her husband?? What the hell?? the poor husband i thought he was great. it was all messed up in my opinion. I was very cross with the ending