Comments on: Double Fault – Book Review

By: devourerofbooks

devourerofbooks — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:35:14 +0000

Fantastically said! I mean, it is one thing if they have an interesting train-wreck thing going on, but if they have no redeeming qualities…

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:30:11 +0000

Lol – I love your review as much as I would probably hate the book. I do not do well with characters that are terrible human beings either – I need them to have at least a spark of something that makes them tolerable. If I wouldn’t spend 2 – 4 hours with this person in real life, why would I spend that time reading about them?

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:09:26 +0000

It made for a great discussion even though we were both feeling tortured for the week and a half that we read it.

By: devourerofbooks

devourerofbooks — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:40:26 +0000

I’m usually okay with books with a super tough plot (war, death, destruction, abuse, etc), so I’m hopeful. I just need to care about the characters, even if they aren’t likeable, and I just couldn’t care about Willy and Eric.

By: Mari (Bookworm with a View)

Mari (Bookworm with a View) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:31:41 +0000

Ok Jen… Tell us what you really felt about this book! It was fun discussing it with you last night. Once I get through my work project (due tomorrow COB) I think I might email the author to get some answers to the questions we came up with last night.

Thanks for reading it, you might not like We need to talk about Kevin – it’s not a book anyone should ‘like’ for the plot but it leaves you thinking.

By: S. Krishna

S. Krishna — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:24:00 +0000

Hmm…I’ve only read Post-Birthday World and liked it, but I think I’m going to steer clear of this one. Thanks for the honest review!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:51:52 +0000

Hearing this really bummed me out, because I do love this woman. I think her writing is clever as hell. I don’t mind that she wanders…I have fun going on the meander with her. I adored The Post-Birthday World. I think all my friends got tired of hearing about it. And I’m about 1/3 of the way through We Need to Talk About Kevin, and it is equally amazing so far. However, if she can go so terribly wrong, I doubt I will become a fangirl.

By: Ti

Ti — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:45:18 +0000

Shriver’s writing doesn’t do it for me. I’m not sure why. To me, it’s like dropping an old mercury filled thermometer and watching all of the mercury scatter about. It’s all over the place all at once. That’s how I felt about Post Birthday World.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:22:20 +0000

I couldn’t agree more, this book was a real struggle for me to finish. Lionel Shriver seems to always develop unsympathetic characters. However, “We Need To Talk About Kevin” is my favourite book of all time. The writing and structure are amazing!

By: bermudaonion (Kathy)

bermudaonion (Kathy) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:22:50 +0000

That book doesn’t sound too good, but the sad thing is that there are probably relationships just like that out there.