Flamesnores
Mon 16-Nov-09 19:13:40
Forgot to put in my bit of paper - I first heard of this through an MNer, and bought it because she said it was her fave book and no-one had ever read it. Loved it - I love the thought that has gone into being able to write it apart from anything else.
(Title initials are E. M. P.)
I loved this book. Being an English teacher (well, in spirit, as a SAHM) I loved the whole linguistic aspect of it. But I found it spiritual and by turns both depressing and uplifting.
Great read, thank you Flame!
pancakeisuptheduff
Fri 17-Sep-10 20:46:08
Really enjoyed this, probably repeating what I put said on the paper here but I thought it was surprisingly moving for a book that is built around linguistic tricksiness. I knew I was going to like it on the first page, which has definitions of two obscure words I knew and one which I didn't, but I really felt quite emotional when she discovers the sentence in her father's letter. I wondered also if the author wasn't having a dig at religion (it's on my brain with the Pope's visit this week) in the way that disputes over the written word can leap off the page and have very real and violent repercussions in the world.
