tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post5271664550987880672..comments2023-10-08T03:32:33.151-04:00Comments on bookeywookey: Fiction within a fiction within a fiction (Books - The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood ) cont'd.Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-10087105660245693162008-01-12T16:32:00.000-05:002008-01-12T16:32:00.000-05:00Ha ha, both Cat's Eye AND Alias Grace are in my to...Ha ha, both Cat's Eye AND Alias Grace are in my top three Atwood favorites. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, it's definitely time for me to reread this. Your review made me realize that I don't remember this book nearly as well as I thought I did!Deweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395712971920800717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-68322638821860526332008-01-09T15:46:00.000-05:002008-01-09T15:46:00.000-05:00I never read Robber Bride or alias Grace, but I co...I never read Robber Bride or alias Grace, but I couldn't even get through Oryx and Crake I found it so, I don't even remember what I didn't like about it I just remember it was bad. Cat's Eye is indeed a hard act to follow. It wouldn't be the first time a creative artist had a hard time keeping up with herself (or others' opinions of her talent). I'm sticking this one out and at least enjoying the main narrative voice even if the conceit is unsuccessful.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-90105411158496331962008-01-09T11:41:00.000-05:002008-01-09T11:41:00.000-05:00In my opinion, Atwood has lost her way in, oh, the...In my opinion, Atwood has lost her way in, oh, the last 10 years. (I know a ton of people disagree with me, and that's cool). But after Robber Bride, I felt like her books started going down the tubes ... Alias Grace was a yawn (and what a disappointment - because it's such an awesome premise) - Oryx and Crake was bad - and The Blind Assassin was (in my opinion) unreadable. It's almost like she's imitating herSELF, at times.<BR/><BR/>On the flipside - her short stories and essays continue to burn with intelligence and wit ... she wrote a book about her writing influences called "Negotiating with the Dead" and I read it as though I was in a fever. Her whole essay on Wizard of oz was fascinating!<BR/><BR/>I know Cat's Eye sets a hugely high bar for a writer. But I have found her fiction since then to be on a downward spiral - increasingly simplistic and even (gasp) badly written. Strange.<BR/><BR/>But I'm a huge fan - so I live in hope. I read them all.Sheila O'Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859697259996394827noreply@blogger.com