About The Midnight
After having been reading the book attentively for the past week, I still need to say that I find it difficult. It’s so interestingly rich and encompassing. There are two centuries in it! It must be one of those really great books that really require time to read and understand. I feel it but can't pretend to get it because I don’t, at least not in its entirety. Or, the text hasn’t got me yet. It one day will.
These are what I like about it so far: I like the prose, which reads to me like undecorated retellings of stories. They read a bit like newspaper columns but more secretive, more privy; I like the poetry pretty much the same effect—undecorated retellings of stories—but even more, it’s not only undecorated; it was sanded to the bear bone! What I am still working on is the big picture of the book. I’m trying to piece things together. I’m looking forward to hear what you all have to say. (Jessea, you told me you were liking it?)
After having been reading the book attentively for the past week, I still need to say that I find it difficult. It’s so interestingly rich and encompassing. There are two centuries in it! It must be one of those really great books that really require time to read and understand. I feel it but can't pretend to get it because I don’t, at least not in its entirety. Or, the text hasn’t got me yet. It one day will.
These are what I like about it so far: I like the prose, which reads to me like undecorated retellings of stories. They read a bit like newspaper columns but more secretive, more privy; I like the poetry pretty much the same effect—undecorated retellings of stories—but even more, it’s not only undecorated; it was sanded to the bear bone! What I am still working on is the big picture of the book. I’m trying to piece things together. I’m looking forward to hear what you all have to say. (Jessea, you told me you were liking it?)
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