I absolutely fell in love with this book. It has been a long time since I finished a book and wanted to immediately start reading it again. The Red Tent follows the life of Dinah from the Old Testament. From her mothers lives through her own childhood and to the end of her days. I LOVED the writing, I LOVED the characters, and I LOVED the relationships between the women. I will say I viewed this book, and am writing this review, based on the merits of the book alone and not on it’s biblical accuracy or inaccuracy. The story is deep and resonant, filled with passion, memory, and heartache. I thought often of how much I want my daughter to grow up knowing the power and beauty of being a woman. Everyday women suffer injustice but I would never choose to be anything else. I think the author masterfully showed the passing of love and personal history from mother to daughter. Anita Diamant writes in the voice of Dinah, “Like any sisters who live together and share a husband, my mother and aunties spun a sticky web of loyalties and grudges. They traded secrets like bracelets, and these were handed down to me the only surviving girl. They told me things I was too young to hear. They held my face between their hands and made me swear to remember.” Remembering women’s earthy stories and passionate history is indeed the theme of this magnificent book. I wish all the characters that were so alive and loved in the beginning of the book were followed through to the end. I know Dinah’s story moved away from them, but I was sad to hear of their fates from such a distance. I will remember this book for a long time to come. There were a few sexual scenes and some people may not agree with Anita Diamant’s interpretation of the biblical text.
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October 18th, 2009I enjoyed this book. The Hunger Games is a very quick read and a real page turner. Set in a near future dystopia after the fall of the United States of America, a young girl and boy from the 12th district must compete in a death match type game where the last one standing wins. Is the concept original? Um, no. Was the romance good? Yes, in a young adult sort of way. The writing is great and the characters are fine. There is plenty of action and enough soul searching and moral dilemmas to keep it interesting past the surface. My main problem with the book is the author’s view of the future, especially surrounding the politics and government in the book’s post apocalyptic time and place. I know it is a work of imaginative science fiction, I just felt it lacked substance and credibility. (Also, there was one part right near the beginning where Katniss puts on her boots, and then pulls on her pants. ??? How often do you put your shoes on before getting dressed? Sorry to point this out; I don’t know why I noticed this.) Also, you don’t have to give everyone funky names because your book is set in the future. Most names in circulation today predate the bible. Now that I’m done complaining, feel free to check it out. I found it very entertaining and the end will leave you wanting more.
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October 6th, 2009This book follows two sisters as their lives change through tragedy and the decline of the world as we know it. Have I mentioned before I’m an apocalypse junkie? This book is a fairly easy read. It isn’t split into traditional chapters but flows more as a diary. I think the author did a great job of building the relationship between the sisters; allowing them to be separate people while tying them with an inseparable bond. The challenges faced are both common and uncommon for a book with apocalyptic undertones. Their demise of civilization is more of the slow, solitary, isolated kind. I really enjoyed the descriptions of saving and keeping and finding it hard to let go as everything dwindles and eventually runs out. I enjoyed where the author was leading the book, as the material things we come to depend on seem less and less important. However, I wasn’t totally convinced or in love with the ending. It wasn’t horrible, or unexpected, but I wasn’t crazy about it. I think the ‘what if’ hoarder in me could never take that leap. There were some brief love scenes that were fairly tame, and one small love scene between the sisters (which sounds more racy than it was).
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September 29th, 2009I was immediately pulled in by this book and the complex cast of characters. Why was I drawn in? Partly because of the difficulty of getting into the book in the beginning. Still I felt there was something great waiting for me if I kept at it. I am so glad I took the time. Each chapter is written from a different persons voice and perspective, and the language carries a heavy flavor of rural turn of the century. Beneath that runs an intimate story of the relationships between family members, friends, and strangers. Most of the characters are very hard to like, but the perspective of the character’s actions often change as you follow their inner psychological musings and hear their actions through other voices that are carrying the plot. The story follows the Bundren family as their mother passes away and they undertake the journey to Jackson to bury her. I haven’t read many books that focus on family and sibling relationships, and these characters are so different and interesting. Interesting not because they are fantastic people, or doing amazing things, or even surviving amazing events, but interesting because the contentions and histories and secrets they hold all ring true. The imagery and symbolism give the text depth and flavor. As you become accustomed to the writing it almost feels like every passage was carefully chosen and holds meaning. I felt like I was listening to real people, and to me that means the author did exactly what he should. This is the first book by Faulkner I have read but I will be looking for more.
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September 21st, 2009Wow. This book has a lot of impact. This is a story about the love between a father and son in a post-apocalyptic world. They only have each other and must keep moving on the road. I have seldom read a book that more perfectly combines raw terror and simple heart wrenching beauty. The writing style was different; very short and direct with an absence of comas and apostrophes. It was a little disconcerting at first, but by the end of the first chapter I didn’t really notice it anymore.
The book draws you in very quickly and won’t let go. I couldn’t put it down and ended up reading it in one sitting. Some parts were very disturbing and they keep replaying themselves in my imagination. After I read it it took a little bit of time to digest it. I was so completely wrapped in the characters and their struggle I didn’t realize until the end that not much happened in the book. ha ha. Don’t get me wrong, there is action, but the book isn’t really set around a traditional plot. I am a little bit nervous to see how the movie turns out. I really hope they don’t add more action for action’s sake and miss the whole point. If you want to read a book about desperation and love in a world without hope, check it out.
