tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post5531117362559415333..comments2023-10-25T04:37:13.179-04:00Comments on Dogear Diary: State of WonderJeanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-48697943004017603592014-11-03T23:56:01.974-05:002014-11-03T23:56:01.974-05:00Oh, Easter. I still think of him. I felt so bad ...Oh, Easter. I still think of him. I felt so bad for him. How abandoned he must have felt--and how awful I felt for his family having him taken from them like that initially. It was just a sad situation all around.Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-43283562305762387562014-11-03T15:10:04.409-05:002014-11-03T15:10:04.409-05:00Bermudaonion- I didn't really feel that way, b...Bermudaonion- I didn't really feel that way, but perhaps because I didn't entirely get into the characters- in spite of all the background and reasons given for why they did things, they still felt rather flat for me, so nothing stood out as untoward behavior.<br /><br />Sam- It was mine, too. I tried Bel Canto twice and just didn't get into it at all.<br /><br />Jenny- I've neverJeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-42787897297896611652014-11-03T10:12:32.311-05:002014-11-03T10:12:32.311-05:00I enjoy Patchett's essays -- as a rule -- more...I enjoy Patchett's essays -- as a rule -- more than her fiction. But I quite liked State of Wonder. It remains the only Patchett novel I've been able to finish, and although I had some issues with it, overall I thought it was a really interesting read.<br /><br />(But then I read The People in the Trees, which does a lot of the same stuff State of Wonder wants to do, but better, and it Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-48824814025513305402014-11-01T23:21:26.811-04:002014-11-01T23:21:26.811-04:00This was my first experience with a Patchett novel...This was my first experience with a Patchett novel and, like you, I thought about it for days after I finished with it...lots of rather strange twists and I kept having to re-think my opinion of the main characters.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-87973643392119164202014-11-01T21:48:52.465-04:002014-11-01T21:48:52.465-04:00The ending of this one bothered me - it seemed way...The ending of this one bothered me - it seemed way out of character.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.com