tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post6566279106573553105..comments2024-01-17T09:43:44.882-06:00Comments on The Frugal Chariot: No Longer NeededJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-7341479294733003832020-09-23T20:07:27.973-06:002020-09-23T20:07:27.973-06:00Mudpuddle,
You have a good point and I would agree...Mudpuddle,<br />You have a good point and I would agree with you to a certain extent. However, there are always some exceptions and those are worth looking for. You just won't find them in the prose of Ms. Kingsolver.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-49787605461311178912020-09-18T11:15:56.600-06:002020-09-18T11:15:56.600-06:00i have a lot of difficulty with modern authors and...i have a lot of difficulty with modern authors and rarely read books published in the last 20 or 30 years, so i'm not surprised by your review... it's hard to beat the Victorians, or even the Golden Agers in the quality of their prose. i try one occasionally, hoping to find an exception, but no luck to date, that i recall, anyway...mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-58689422450090954412020-09-18T09:19:04.740-06:002020-09-18T09:19:04.740-06:00Brian,
I had never read her before this book and a...Brian,<br />I had never read her before this book and am unlikely to read another. Everyone in our book group, however, liked this book much more than I did. One person had read most of her books and had good things to say about Unsheltered.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-90275457871742979452020-09-17T20:27:08.358-06:002020-09-17T20:27:08.358-06:00I have been curious about Kingsolver. Too bad that...I have been curious about Kingsolver. Too bad that this was a disappointment. I think that I would likely start with Unsheltered if I read her. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com