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Once again I am completely ignorant. Her leanings? I'm going to have to go back and read the description because I've no idea what the issue is that you speak of!
I mean which way she leans on an issue. Like say Keeping Faith which had a religious tone to it. Reading it you had no idea where she stands on the issue or what her own faith is or isn't. This one I think had to do with homosexuality. According to reviewers, you knew based on how she wrote this one how she feels about it. I have no problem with whatever her viewpoint on any issue, I just enjoyed that she seemed to keep her personal beliefs out of her stories. They always feel very balanced. For example, in 19 Minutes you don't end up hating the bad guy. You hate what he did, but you don't hate him.
I mean which way she leans on an issue. Like say Keeping Faith which had a religious tone to it. Reading it you had no idea where she stands on the issue or what her own faith is or isn't. This one I think had to do with homosexuality. According to reviewers, you knew based on how she wrote this one how she feels about it. I have no problem with whatever her viewpoint on any issue, I just enjoyed that she seemed to keep her personal beliefs out of her stories. They always feel very balanced. For example, in 19 Minutes you don't end up hating the bad guy. You hate what he did, but you don't hate him.
Thanks for explaining. It's good to know. Like you, I prefer non-biased reporting, but in fiction I prefer that the author likes their characters at least as much as the characters like themselves, or at minimum shows neutrality. If the author is contemptuous of her protagonists, I cannot respect her work.
Thanks for explaining. It's good to know. Like you, I prefer non-biased reporting, but in fiction I prefer that the author likes their characters at least as much as the characters like themselves, or at minimum shows neutrality. If the author is contemptuous of her protagonists, I cannot respect her work.
I may be confused, but I think you guys are talking about 2 different books.
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult and Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos.
I'm currently reading "NYPD Red #2" by James Patterson. I needed a quick read while waiting for "The Japanese Lover." However, as that is the next book for book club, I may have to buy it so I have enough time to read it.
I just finished reading Margaret Atwood's "Cat's Eye" and though I loved it at the start, and there WERE great moments, in the end it was just okay. I don't think I am a Margaret Atwood reader, which disappoints me but there it is.
Next up: "Reykjavik Nights" by Arnaldur Indriðason -- a new mystery author for me.
Meanwhile, I've been listening to "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell and though I was prepared not to like it, it's really pretty good.
I just finished reading Margaret Atwood's "Cat's Eye" and though I loved it at the start, and there WERE great moments, in the end it was just okay. I don't think I am a Margaret Atwood reader, which disappoints me but there it is.
Next up: "Reykjavik Nights" by Arnaldur Indriðason -- a new mystery author for me.
Meanwhile, I've been listening to "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell and though I was prepared not to like it, it's really pretty good.
I've never found Atwood to be all that good at endings. I still very much liked that book.
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Her leanings? I'm going to have to go back and read the description because I've no idea what the issue is that you speak of! 
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