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KristinaP wrote:
I just finished Michael O'Brien's new novel, The Island of the World. If you're a fan of his novels, you won't be disappointed but I have to warn you that the violence in it is quite graphic and I was appalled at the some of the things these poor people suffered through in concentration camps.
It was a very thought provoking and spiritually insightful read and WOW, its amazing to see how accepting God's grace in small things can bring about some changes in reeeellly big things. :-) Its definitely a worthwhile read. |
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I've been wondering how this book is. I haven't seen it in person, just at Amazon, so didn't know what it was about. Am I correct in assuming it's not part of the other series?And speaking of that series, should I finish the last book, the one where the Indian girl goes to boarding school, then art school, etc? I loved the rest of them, but this one seems so far off, other than being set in the same area of Canada. I can't even remember the title now but I was a little more than halfway through and just put it down months ago. Should I bother?
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Karen T wrote:
I've been wondering how this book is. I haven't seen it in person, just at Amazon, so didn't know what it was about. Am I correct in assuming it's not part of the other series?And speaking of that series, should I finish the last book, the one where the Indian girl goes to boarding school, then art school, etc? I loved the rest of them, but this one seems so far off, other than being set in the same area of Canada. I can't even remember the title now but I was a little more than halfway through and just put it down months ago. Should I bother?
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Yes, definitely continue reading A Cry of Stone. Honestly, it didn't even start to get good until about halfway through. I thought the first half of the book was rather dry and I had to wade through but it all ties in later and that's my second favorite of his books.
No, Island of the World is not part of the series (Children of End times? I can't remember what its called now)- it stands alone. His writing style is the same as the other books but the content is completely different and I didn't think the character was quite as complex as his other characters but the transformation through grace is still very good.
I was under the impression that last Spring the final book for the series, something about a Father/Son relationship, was supposed to go to print but I have no idea what happened with it. I was looking forward to that, too and I haven't heard another peep in about 5 or 6 months.
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Karen T wrote:
I thought the women were way too forgiving of Willoughby and of Edward, among other things. Also, it seemed a little strange that the 3rd sister was out of most of the book and then suddenly reappeared at the end. I wasn't sure how young she was, though, so maybe that's why.
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I liked the movie muuuuuuuuuuuuuuch better than the book.
I agree. It just felt like Jane hurriedly wrote out the ending for this story. Suddenly, everyone's married off and happy, but if there was any courtship between Marianne and the Colonel, I totally missed it.  I mean, even in the most reserved novels, there's usually a hint of interest,but it seemed all so very one-sided on the part of the Colonel ... Marianne didn't care for him at all for 98% of the book. And then suddenly ... Ugh. I didn't buy it. And I wasn't sure I even liked the Colonel. He was too besotted with a character that struck me as high-strung and overwrought in most of her dealings with everyone. At least in P&P, I totally loved Elizabeth, so Darcy loving her made absolute sense.
But then, OK, who can compare to Mr. Darcy? 
What are we talking about again? 
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| ... if there was any courtship between Marianne and the Colonel, I totally missed it. I mean, even in the most reserved novels, there's usually a hint of interest,but it seemed all so very one-sided on the part of the Colonel ... Marianne didn't care for him at all for 98% of the book. And then suddenly ... Ugh. I didn't buy it. |
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I think she was supposed to be tenderhearted, able to respond to love offered to her, and her choosing the Col. was supposed to show that she had learned to the inner goodness and steadfastness of the Col.'s character over the style and flash of Willoughby. His courtship was of the same character--reading or playing music with her instead of showing off or grand schemes. Just my $.02. I loved both the book and the movie except the fact that Emma Thompson was playing a character who was 19. I think Margaret was supposed to be much younger, 10 or 12?
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