Comments on: This is All My Fault. http://alongwithahammer.com/2008/08/28/this-is-all-my-fault/ Classic books, modern take, no surrender. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:08:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jwrosenzweig http://alongwithahammer.com/2008/08/28/this-is-all-my-fault/#comment-434 jwrosenzweig Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:50:26 +0000 http://alongwithahammer.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-434 I agree wholeheartedly with both of your assessments of the book (at least, mere hours later, it already feels more distant than all the other books, and especially the good ones). I think Diablevert's detailed evisceration of the book is a lot more intelligent and carefully thought-out than the rant I posted, and I think some of your observations about bad writing are really keen---I've had trouble pinpointing what exactly made this book so bad, and though I offered a few thoughts that I was happy enough with, I'm liking even more the idea of being able to hide the insertion of reality. I have to say, though, that despite the many obvious flaws of His Family, it doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same class as this novel. At its worst, Poole is doing something more interesting and more meaningful than Wilson--Isidore Freedom alone is an image worth more than the best of what the McLaughlins had to offer. And thanks so much, by the way, for your kind acknowledgment of (and links to) my blog! I'm not as systematic (or as insightful, I think) a critic as the two of you are, but I'm enjoying myself (even with this latest book) and it's nice to have people to talk to who have actually read the obscure books I'm digging into. :-) Good luck with your reading! I agree wholeheartedly with both of your assessments of the book (at least, mere hours later, it already feels more distant than all the other books, and especially the good ones). I think Diablevert’s detailed evisceration of the book is a lot more intelligent and carefully thought-out than the rant I posted, and I think some of your observations about bad writing are really keen—I’ve had trouble pinpointing what exactly made this book so bad, and though I offered a few thoughts that I was happy enough with, I’m liking even more the idea of being able to hide the insertion of reality. I have to say, though, that despite the many obvious flaws of His Family, it doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in the same class as this novel. At its worst, Poole is doing something more interesting and more meaningful than Wilson–Isidore Freedom alone is an image worth more than the best of what the McLaughlins had to offer.

And thanks so much, by the way, for your kind acknowledgment of (and links to) my blog! I’m not as systematic (or as insightful, I think) a critic as the two of you are, but I’m enjoying myself (even with this latest book) and it’s nice to have people to talk to who have actually read the obscure books I’m digging into. :-) Good luck with your reading!

]]> By: Dreadful Penny http://alongwithahammer.com/2008/08/28/this-is-all-my-fault/#comment-121 Dreadful Penny Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:46:13 +0000 http://alongwithahammer.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-121 This book was so bad that, by the time you'd gotten around to reading it, I'd already forgotten about it. It is truly the Pulitzer that Time Has Justly Forgot. This book was so bad that, by the time you’d gotten around to reading it, I’d already forgotten about it. It is truly the Pulitzer that Time Has Justly Forgot.

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