tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post2422466371169998905..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: It's Not Just Mezmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-40532482886454806132011-10-09T23:15:01.765+02:002011-10-09T23:15:01.765+02:00Rosemary: I salute you for finishing, which is mor...Rosemary: I salute you for finishing, which is more than I managed. I'm going to read that review now, thank you for steering me toward itzmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-80162037369422660382011-10-07T22:12:27.345+02:002011-10-07T22:12:27.345+02:00I've just read The Slap and I did find it comp...I've just read The Slap and I did find it compelling - stayed up late to read it, and then rushed home from work to get through the last couple of chapters. I certainly didn't find it boring. However, I wouldn't want to read it again - it seemed to me to be a fairly superior version of an airport novel - one when you can get interested in the fates of the characters however thin they are. So I was moved along, without being moved.<br /><br />I think the word for it is "racy".<br /><br />Good review here, making the point that everybody in the book flies into rages in exactly the same way:-<br /><br />http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n16/melissa-denes/freakazoidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-61713152192964301912011-10-06T19:58:53.193+02:002011-10-06T19:58:53.193+02:00If you want prudish, M-H, wait until I get going o...If you want prudish, M-H, wait until I get going on Bridesmaids, a film I just saw.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-58065535766860817032011-10-06T08:56:16.085+02:002011-10-06T08:56:16.085+02:00I thought the book was extremely well-written, in ...I thought the book was extremely well-written, in the technical sense, but I really disliked all of the characters. I think I need to connect with at least one character - to care what happens to him or her - but I didn't connect with any of the characters in this book. And yes, the sex and drugs irritated me - I suppose I'm a bit of a prude too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-72653278779756167942011-10-01T00:52:16.883+02:002011-10-01T00:52:16.883+02:00Of course, when fictional portrayals of modern lif...Of course, when fictional portrayals of modern life in our country are so rarely a focus of attention abroad, the cultural cringe came into play a bit for me; it seemed to me that the characters were repellent, as you say, Steerforth, and that their actions reinforced the Bazza Mackenzie image of us as pretty dumb and ignorant, lurching drunkenly through dull and shallow lives.<br />I think I am a bit of a prude though, Chris.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-11904736894211382132011-09-30T13:50:45.610+02:002011-09-30T13:50:45.610+02:00Well, now that the Guardian has backed you up. I s...Well, now that the <i>Guardian</i> has backed you up. I suppose it is small comfort, but I'll mention it anyway: I agree with you completely. Profanity and sex will surely grab the reader/viewer's attention, but if the that reader is smart, it certainly can't hold that attention. But, since many reader/viewers aren't all that bright . . .Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-40346910515248438542011-09-30T09:17:34.733+02:002011-09-30T09:17:34.733+02:00I gave up too, almost halfway through the book. I ...I gave up too, almost halfway through the book. I very rarely abandon books when I've invested so much time and effort, but I found the characters repellent in the worst possible way, as they were just too dull to make me care about their motivation or background.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.com