tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147359235322827925.post8105108161244720379..comments2023-10-20T05:51:12.709-07:00Comments on 342 is a Lie: Stone Junction by Jim DodgeJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824401113801295302noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147359235322827925.post-59570556880691056562011-04-17T03:49:23.884-07:002011-04-17T03:49:23.884-07:00Write a new review already you lazy git.Write a new review already you lazy git.Brycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190582261488729439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147359235322827925.post-8568936954463372482011-04-14T11:17:34.201-07:002011-04-14T11:17:34.201-07:00I'll bring up Imperial Bedrooms next week, one...I'll bring up Imperial Bedrooms next week, one epic Odber shit and you'll have polished it off. The book that is.McKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17463258666998345694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147359235322827925.post-64326619257858609192011-04-04T23:38:02.787-07:002011-04-04T23:38:02.787-07:00American Psycho is like a warm blanket taking me b...American Psycho is like a warm blanket taking me back to my schooldays. Hilarious and deeply horrible, and probably in my top ten favourite books.<br /><br />Now Bateman - there's an outrageous fantasy character who also convinces as a believable person.<br /><br />I've really enjoyed the rest of his books, up till Lunar Park. Very disappointing and ordinary. Why would you want to be Stephen King when you're Bret Easton Ellis? I'm perfectly happy with the Stephen King we've got already.<br /><br />I'll hunt out Imperial Bedrooms in the library or look for an audiobook to download. I'm not going to shell out twelve pounds - it looks about a hundred pages long!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824401113801295302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147359235322827925.post-77700965260123899682011-04-04T14:34:48.652-07:002011-04-04T14:34:48.652-07:00I'd like to see BEE reviewed here actually - y...I'd like to see BEE reviewed here actually - you read any, Joe? He certainly divides opinion. I finished Imperial Bedrooms recently and although it's got its problems, most of the reviews I read were well wide of the mark. Haven't read Lunar Park.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00883652938068686404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147359235322827925.post-37617946276663903772011-04-04T11:57:56.483-07:002011-04-04T11:57:56.483-07:00Yeah, it was a bit of a wasted opportunity. You sa...Yeah, it was a bit of a wasted opportunity. You say the writing style is earnest, I guess I'd say it was amateurish... The characters were big and bold but I would say they were cartoonish and cliched.<br /><br />I am all for sticking it to the man, but I need it to be more polished and have more direction than this. <br /><br />On a similar note I am really struggling to finish White Noise. The writing is putting me in mind of Lunar Park by BEE in that it is really making me angry. Going nowhere, the characters aren't 'real' enough to be believable or strange enough to be fantasy. The world it's set in isn't real. The language they use isn't real. Bah!Brycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190582261488729439noreply@blogger.com