tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532373.post115327907250546172..comments2024-01-10T15:43:52.793-05:00Comments on wordnerdy: 2006 book 90Alicia K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13588917186972466242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532373.post-1153320967517937902006-07-19T10:56:00.000-04:002006-07-19T10:56:00.000-04:00oh, thanks for letting me know! it really bothered...oh, thanks for letting me know! it really bothered me thinking that the author expected her readers to be so dumb or something. <BR/><BR/>i wouldn't say it's repetitive--they do repeat esther's story of what happened during the fire a few times, but i didn't find that annoying (it made sense from a narrative point of view). i did HATE the historian character, however--i have NEVER met an academic who would behave that way. and i did think that was the writer's fault--she went way too far with the characterization on that one.<BR/><BR/>i did like it for the most part though, and it's a quick read, so you might want to give it a chance.Alicia K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13588917186972466242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532373.post-1153319089585057932006-07-19T10:24:00.000-04:002006-07-19T10:24:00.000-04:00I heard an interview with the author this weekend ...I heard an interview with the author this weekend on Morning Edition, and she said that yes, it is supposed to be obvious, that she points it out on the first page. And that she loosely based that type of historian on some of her coworkers at Yale. The interview made it sound super repetitive and not very appealing to read, and its a subject I'm actually pretty interested in. Your review made it at least go back in the maybe file. You'd think an author would do a better job promoting their own book!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522536058938267504noreply@blogger.com