Comments on: Come Along With Me by Shirley Jackson http://superfastreader.com/come-along-with-me-by-shirley-jackson.htm i read all the books Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:58:07 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Superfast Reader http://superfastreader.com/come-along-with-me-by-shirley-jackson.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3052 Superfast Reader Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:42:53 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/come-along-with-me-by-shirley-jackson.htm#comment-3052 Knowing Jackson, she would've taken it in a totally unexpected direction. No neat endings for her. Knowing Jackson, she would’ve taken it in a totally unexpected direction. No neat endings for her.

]]> By: EastVillageOther http://superfastreader.com/come-along-with-me-by-shirley-jackson.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3049 EastVillageOther Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:45:22 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/come-along-with-me-by-shirley-jackson.htm#comment-3049 Come Along With Me, although unfinished, is one of the finest novelas I've read. It differs from Jackson's other novels in that it is hysterically funny, full of ironic conversatons, and yet can be read seriously. She initiates and develops so many threads (crazy lady; she gives a brief history of her spirits; a growing relationship with the crippled boy; seances; following strangers in the street and meeting one; one suspects there is something in her life with her late husband of interest without any clue of what it is that will contribute to the plot. One wonders where she is headed; she develops so many subplots and not enough is written to have much an idea of what the central tension of the story is going to be. Communication and further development with her ex-husband? What does Come Along WIth Me mean? No idea. I have thought of how the book might have developed. Her husband somehow crosses universes and drags her to her death? Or her seances are further developed and something comes of them. Or perhaps some climactic supernatural event occurs and she loses her "voices" and becomes a normal human being again? This is a story I've reread several times and always enjoy. Some of the later chapters are unedited and especially interesting. The great wonder of it is that we will never know. Come Along With Me, although unfinished, is one of the finest novelas I’ve read. It differs from Jackson’s other novels in that it is hysterically funny, full of ironic conversatons, and yet can be read seriously.
She initiates and develops so many threads
(crazy lady; she gives a brief history of her spirits; a growing relationship with the crippled boy; seances; following strangers in the street and meeting one; one suspects there is something in her life with her late husband of interest without any clue of what it is that will contribute to the plot.

One wonders where she is headed; she develops so many subplots and not enough is written to have much an idea of what the central tension of the story is going to be. Communication and further development with her ex-husband?

What does Come Along WIth Me mean? No idea. I have thought of how the book might have developed. Her husband somehow crosses universes and drags her to her death? Or her seances are further developed and something comes of them. Or perhaps some climactic supernatural event occurs and she loses her “voices” and becomes a normal human being again?

This is a story I’ve reread several times and always enjoy. Some of the later chapters are unedited and especially interesting.

The great wonder of it is that we will never know.

]]> By: Superfast Reader http://superfastreader.com/come-along-with-me-by-shirley-jackson.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1900 Superfast Reader Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:24:01 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/come-along-with-me-by-shirley-jackson.htm#comment-1900 She's awesome! She’s awesome!

]]> By: Sheri http://superfastreader.com/come-along-with-me-by-shirley-jackson.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1897 Sheri Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:46:37 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/come-along-with-me-by-shirley-jackson.htm#comment-1897 I recently read the Haunting of Hill House and in my research for info on the novel, I found lots of cool info on Shirley Jackson. The Lottery was one of my favorite pieces of required reading in School and I thought even then that Shirley Jackson seemd a bit ahead of her time for a writer in the 50's. Anyway - reading your post reminded me that I want to read more of Shirley's work and more about Shirley herself. Thanks . I recently read the Haunting of Hill House and in my research for info on the novel, I found lots of cool info on Shirley Jackson. The Lottery was one of my favorite pieces of required reading in School and I thought even then that Shirley Jackson seemd a bit ahead of her time for a writer in the 50′s. Anyway – reading your post reminded me that I want to read more of Shirley’s work and more about Shirley herself. Thanks .

]]> By: Superfast Reader http://superfastreader.com/come-along-with-me-by-shirley-jackson.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1896 Superfast Reader Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:30:16 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/come-along-with-me-by-shirley-jackson.htm#comment-1896 I agree! I agree!

]]> By: bybee http://superfastreader.com/come-along-with-me-by-shirley-jackson.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1895 bybee Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:52:01 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/come-along-with-me-by-shirley-jackson.htm#comment-1895 I've always been disappointed that Come Along With Me is only a fragment. It would have been even better than Castle or Hangsaman. Shirley Jackson rocks! I’ve always been disappointed that Come Along With Me is only a fragment. It would have been even better than Castle or Hangsaman.
Shirley Jackson rocks!

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