Comments for Book Ends http://kentlibrary.wordpress.com A book review blog of the Kent Public Library Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:11:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray by karenlem http://kentlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/the-sweet-far-thing-by-libba-bray/#comment-46 karenlem Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:11:26 +0000 http://kentlibrary.wordpress.com/?p=21#comment-46 I totally agree-not a happy ending. I was hoping for a happier one...but I don't think it was disappointing. I totally agree-not a happy ending. I was hoping for a happier one…but I don’t think it was disappointing.

]]> Comment on The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray by Kaylin http://kentlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/the-sweet-far-thing-by-libba-bray/#comment-45 Kaylin Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:40:54 +0000 http://kentlibrary.wordpress.com/?p=21#comment-45 the ending made me cry. the ending made me cry.

]]> Comment on An Irish Country Village by Patrick Taylor by Jeannette Ross http://kentlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/an-irish-country-village-by-patrick-taylor/#comment-43 Jeannette Ross Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:48:29 +0000 http://kentlibrary.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-43 A pleasant enough book but it lacks the emotion of the James Herriot books, which I think it is trying to emulate. Plot and subplot outcomes are predictable with little dramatic suspense. There is a glossary of Irish words, but most of the ones I tried to look up were not included. After 400 or so pages there is nothing to make you ask for more. Since it takes place in the 1960s, It does provide, however, an interesting comparison to the Ireland of the 1930s-1940s of Angela's Ashes. Completely different countries, but then one is fiction and one is real. A pleasant enough book but it lacks the emotion of the James Herriot books, which I think it is trying to emulate. Plot and subplot outcomes are predictable with little dramatic suspense. There is a glossary of Irish words, but most of the ones I tried to look up were not included. After 400 or so pages there is nothing to make you ask for more.
Since it takes place in the 1960s, It does provide, however, an interesting comparison to the Ireland of the 1930s-1940s of Angela’s Ashes. Completely different countries, but then one is fiction and one is real.

]]> Comment on The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray by Karen http://kentlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/the-sweet-far-thing-by-libba-bray/#comment-31 Karen Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:52:07 +0000 http://kentlibrary.wordpress.com/?p=21#comment-31 thanks for catching that! thanks for catching that!

]]> Comment on The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray by Frank http://kentlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/the-sweet-far-thing-by-libba-bray/#comment-30 Frank Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:44:16 +0000 http://kentlibrary.wordpress.com/?p=21#comment-30 Yes! Thanks for catching that Rosemarie! Yes! Thanks for catching that Rosemarie!

]]> Comment on The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray by Rosemarie Backhaus http://kentlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/the-sweet-far-thing-by-libba-bray/#comment-28 Rosemarie Backhaus Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:03:13 +0000 http://kentlibrary.wordpress.com/?p=21#comment-28 Isn't 1895 the 19th century? Isn’t 1895 the 19th century?

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