THE CRUCIBLE I want to see it performed so badly (er, performed well, my want is bad), but yes, fantastic.
YES EXACTLY apparently if you read the other two novels he wrote about post-WWI trauma there is eventually some happiness, but that would require reading two more novels. The realism is FANTASTIC, but I just about lost it when Kat died. (And I knew Kat had to die, and it was worse because I was closing the book because I had to do something else and my eyes flicked over the page I hadn't read yet and THERE IT WAS so I knew even MORE that it was coming and yet and yet.) But when Paul died I was like HOW IS THIS EVEN NECESSARY. Except it is. But um one book like that is enough for me, thanks.
OF MICE AND MEN: THE WORST, MOST DEPRESSING NINETY PAGES YOU WILL EVER READ IN YOUR LIFE. EVER. It is a shame because I hear other Steinbeck novels are good, but just like, I cannot bring myself to pick them up. Between Of Mice and Men and The Pearl I just have no desire to give him another chance. (P.S. best summary of Julius Caesar EVER.)
P.S. YES TO NEIL GAIMAN, like for him to read it and be like, I enjoyed that--it wouldn't even have to be like, THIS IS BRILLIANT or even THIS IS REALLY GOOD--just to have him enjoy it--gah gah gah. Also her blog seems to be down right now, but Robin McKinley squeed about Neil Gaiman (http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2010/09/23/fame-sort-of/) and it was adorable.
YES I HAVE. Actually, that's what my dad and I listened to as we drove across the country in August. I first read it back in high school, AND I LOVE IT, IT IS GENIUS. (The paragraph about how Crowley maintained his house plants got me through the first week of my job, omg.) <3<3<3 :D
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Date: 2010-11-23 05:39 am (UTC)YES EXACTLY apparently if you read the other two novels he wrote about post-WWI trauma there is eventually some happiness, but that would require reading two more novels. The realism is FANTASTIC, but I just about lost it when Kat died. (And I knew Kat had to die, and it was worse because I was closing the book because I had to do something else and my eyes flicked over the page I hadn't read yet and THERE IT WAS so I knew even MORE that it was coming and yet and yet.) But when Paul died I was like HOW IS THIS EVEN NECESSARY. Except it is. But um one book like that is enough for me, thanks.
OF MICE AND MEN: THE WORST, MOST DEPRESSING NINETY PAGES YOU WILL EVER READ IN YOUR LIFE. EVER. It is a shame because I hear other Steinbeck novels are good, but just like, I cannot bring myself to pick them up. Between Of Mice and Men and The Pearl I just have no desire to give him another chance. (P.S. best summary of Julius Caesar EVER.)
P.S. YES TO NEIL GAIMAN, like for him to read it and be like, I enjoyed that--it wouldn't even have to be like, THIS IS BRILLIANT or even THIS IS REALLY GOOD--just to have him enjoy it--gah gah gah. Also her blog seems to be down right now, but Robin McKinley squeed about Neil Gaiman (http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2010/09/23/fame-sort-of/) and it was adorable.
YES I HAVE. Actually, that's what my dad and I listened to as we drove across the country in August. I first read it back in high school, AND I LOVE IT, IT IS GENIUS. (The paragraph about how Crowley maintained his house plants got me through the first week of my job, omg.) <3<3<3 :D