tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post8529213485427691648..comments2024-02-14T05:37:33.380-05:00Comments on The Bumbles Blog: ON BOOKS ~ Three Day Road...The Bumbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08334162339045336577noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-66106176506871829322009-07-22T14:00:02.901-04:002009-07-22T14:00:02.901-04:00I was compelled to run out and buy this book a cou...I was compelled to run out and buy this book a couple of years ago after it came up in one of my book groups. <br /><br />I find Boyden's writing style sublime. For a first time novelist, he has already mastered the unreliable narrator. You alternate between feeling bad for the protagonist, Xavier, as he walks among strangers for the first time, and admiring him for his adherence to his background and ethics.<br /><br />I think my favorite aspect of the book was the relationship between Xavier and Elijah. As cousins who discover the dark places in their hearts when they go off to Germany, not only do they get into a fundamental disagreement between family members, they also stand on opposite sides of a battle between war and peace, humanity and inhumanity, and past and present. <br /><br />Love, love, love, this book and couldn't recommend it more highly. I'm so glad you introduced it to your readers!Jenn Escalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13352912532041031192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-82031648532821870802009-07-21T19:35:59.234-04:002009-07-21T19:35:59.234-04:00That teaser certainly packs a punch — hope to get ...That teaser certainly packs a punch — hope to get to this one myself, eventually.Wandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14647181404275808758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-64837991302332375592009-07-21T14:43:01.175-04:002009-07-21T14:43:01.175-04:00I was going to saw it sounds powerful too, but kay...I was going to saw it sounds powerful too, but kaye beat me to it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-88757624109304377842009-07-21T08:20:22.461-04:002009-07-21T08:20:22.461-04:00This book sounds very dark and I'm surprised t...This book sounds very dark and I'm surprised that it has pulled you in. That is the real teaser to me.Margothttp://joyfullyretired.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-64179231961483847712009-07-21T06:43:05.459-04:002009-07-21T06:43:05.459-04:00This is a new to me title. I like that teaser, and...This is a new to me title. I like that teaser, and I bet I'd like the book.Beth Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-13914386471984087082009-07-21T03:12:18.371-04:002009-07-21T03:12:18.371-04:00wow, this sounds like a powerful read. read my te...wow, this sounds like a powerful read. <a href="http://ladygaladrielkj.blogspot.com/2009/07/tuesday-teaser-back-creek.html" rel="nofollow"> read my teaser here </a>kayerjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08479123027080062607noreply@blogger.com