I'm sorry it's been a while since I last wrote - school's been soo hectic!
At the moment, I'm reading Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, which is a current fiction best seller. Not too long ago I read another book of his, Incendiary. Incendiary is written in letters - letters to Osama bin Laden. In the story, the protagonist is a British woman, trying to cope with loss after an enormous terrorist attack.
It actually took me several chapters to realize that the attack the woman refers to is a fictional one. In the story, Al Queda terrorists set off a series of bombs in Chelsea stadium, during a Chelsea vs Arsenal soccer match that her son and husband were attending. As you can imagine, the story is not light and amusing, though it is rather witty. Through the eyes of a working class woman with "bad nerves" who lacks any understanding of comma usage, we see what happens when things begin to fall apart - or explode, as it were - around our ears. As London disintegrates into lunacy, so does the protagonist, though there is a prevailing ray of hope that things may return to normalcy. Whether it's a happy or sad ending, I won't reveal, but I do want to warn you that after the tragedy and horror of the book as a whole, not even a "happily ever after" could leave you feeling warm and fuzzy.
This relatively adult book is tragic, poignant and rather critical of the human race. It's terribly well-written, and the bad grammar, punctuation and capitalization only add to it's unique appeal. I have very little criticism for this fabulous book by Chris Cleave, and enjoyed the fact that it didn't seem to have great political biases or leanings, despite the politically-touchy nature of the subject matter. It's a sort of worst-case-scenario that is so fascinating, and told by such an appealing character, that it will pull you in to the plot, and probably make you cry as often as it makes you laugh.
I'll share what I think of Little Bee, as soon as I finish it - it too takes place in the modern day UK and the protagonist is also a woman who's suffered a great deal.. so far, I love it!
At the moment, I'm reading Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, which is a current fiction best seller. Not too long ago I read another book of his, Incendiary. Incendiary is written in letters - letters to Osama bin Laden. In the story, the protagonist is a British woman, trying to cope with loss after an enormous terrorist attack.
It actually took me several chapters to realize that the attack the woman refers to is a fictional one. In the story, Al Queda terrorists set off a series of bombs in Chelsea stadium, during a Chelsea vs Arsenal soccer match that her son and husband were attending. As you can imagine, the story is not light and amusing, though it is rather witty. Through the eyes of a working class woman with "bad nerves" who lacks any understanding of comma usage, we see what happens when things begin to fall apart - or explode, as it were - around our ears. As London disintegrates into lunacy, so does the protagonist, though there is a prevailing ray of hope that things may return to normalcy. Whether it's a happy or sad ending, I won't reveal, but I do want to warn you that after the tragedy and horror of the book as a whole, not even a "happily ever after" could leave you feeling warm and fuzzy.
This relatively adult book is tragic, poignant and rather critical of the human race. It's terribly well-written, and the bad grammar, punctuation and capitalization only add to it's unique appeal. I have very little criticism for this fabulous book by Chris Cleave, and enjoyed the fact that it didn't seem to have great political biases or leanings, despite the politically-touchy nature of the subject matter. It's a sort of worst-case-scenario that is so fascinating, and told by such an appealing character, that it will pull you in to the plot, and probably make you cry as often as it makes you laugh.
I'll share what I think of Little Bee, as soon as I finish it - it too takes place in the modern day UK and the protagonist is also a woman who's suffered a great deal.. so far, I love it!
Happy Reading!
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