http://superfastreader.com/the-sparrow-by-maria-doria-russell.htm i read all the books Wed, 23 May 2012 02:47:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://superfastreader.com/the-sparrow-by-maria-doria-russell.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1546 Superfast Reader Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:10:35 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/the-sparrow-by-maria-doria-russell.htm#comment-1546 Sequels always make me nervous, for that same reason :) Sequels always make me nervous, for that same reason

]]> http://superfastreader.com/the-sparrow-by-maria-doria-russell.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1544 Libby Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:38:44 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/the-sparrow-by-maria-doria-russell.htm#comment-1544 The Sparrow is one of my favorite! books! ever! I actually didn't like the sequel (Children of God) as well, but mostly because the ending wasn't at all how I would have written it. (A bit hypocritical, since I doubt I could have written the almost two whole books that came before it!) The Sparrow is one of my favorite! books! ever! I actually didn’t like the sequel (Children of God) as well, but mostly because the ending wasn’t at all how I would have written it. (A bit hypocritical, since I doubt I could have written the almost two whole books that came before it!)

]]> http://superfastreader.com/the-sparrow-by-maria-doria-russell.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1320 Superfast Reader Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:46:26 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/the-sparrow-by-maria-doria-russell.htm#comment-1320 That's a great piece! I couldn't comment over there b/c I don't have a Typepad account, but I really enjoyed your insight. That’s a great piece! I couldn’t comment over there b/c I don’t have a Typepad account, but I really enjoyed your insight.

]]> http://superfastreader.com/the-sparrow-by-maria-doria-russell.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1316 Ann Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:59:11 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/the-sparrow-by-maria-doria-russell.htm#comment-1316 I read this book earlier this year and blogged about it here: http://patternings.typepad.com/patternings/2007/03/the_sparrow.html I had been very ill for some months and not really able to engage with anything I was reading. This was the book that quite literally bought me back to life. I have to say, though, that I wasn't as convinced by the sequel, although glad that I'd read it. I read this book earlier this year and blogged about it here: http://patternings.typepad.com.....arrow.html I had been very ill for some months and not really able to engage with anything I was reading. This was the book that quite literally bought me back to life. I have to say, though, that I wasn’t as convinced by the sequel, although glad that I’d read it.

]]> http://superfastreader.com/the-sparrow-by-maria-doria-russell.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1292 Superfast Reader Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:32:38 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/the-sparrow-by-maria-doria-russell.htm#comment-1292 I agree about the "neatness" of it--I have heard that the sequel is much more accomplished. I agree about the “neatness” of it–I have heard that the sequel is much more accomplished.

]]> http://superfastreader.com/the-sparrow-by-maria-doria-russell.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1288 Eva Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:23:03 +0000 http://superfastreader.com/the-sparrow-by-maria-doria-russell.htm#comment-1288 I read this last summer, in preparation for a college freshman class that I was TAing. The ending made me sob uncontrollably (not the part w/ what happens to Emilio, but what happens to his alien friend...trying to be vague to avoid spoilers). That being said, I felt that the dialogue was too glib-it seemed to always pull me out of myself. It was a neat plot, with neat characters, asking good questions. But none of it felt real, or raw, if you know what I mean. I still planning on reading the sequel at some point though! I read this last summer, in preparation for a college freshman class that I was TAing. The ending made me sob uncontrollably (not the part w/ what happens to Emilio, but what happens to his alien friend…trying to be vague to avoid spoilers). That being said, I felt that the dialogue was too glib-it seemed to always pull me out of myself. It was a neat plot, with neat characters, asking good questions. But none of it felt real, or raw, if you know what I mean. I still planning on reading the sequel at some point though!

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