Comments on: Summer Reading Update: Krakauer! and Eggers? http://zemblangrammar.com/2008/06/05/summer-reading-update-krakauer-and-eggers/ Alfina the Vague: hermeneutic detective. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:23:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: suomichris http://zemblangrammar.com/2008/06/05/summer-reading-update-krakauer-and-eggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2248 suomichris Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:01:57 +0000 http://zemblangrammar.com/?p=321#comment-2248 Yeah, seriously. My biggest complaint, in hindsight, I think, is that I can't get emotionally invested in the guy because I already know that he ends up okay in America with a decent job and a hot girlfriend. Yeah, his life was hard at one point, but completely without tension from the reader's side. Le sigh. I really hope that it just sucks because he was trying to be all political and tell a true story, and that he will eventually return to doing awesome things. Yeah, seriously. My biggest complaint, in hindsight, I think, is that I can’t get emotionally invested in the guy because I already know that he ends up okay in America with a decent job and a hot girlfriend. Yeah, his life was hard at one point, but completely without tension from the reader’s side. Le sigh.

I really hope that it just sucks because he was trying to be all political and tell a true story, and that he will eventually return to doing awesome things.

]]> By: Alfina the Vague http://zemblangrammar.com/2008/06/05/summer-reading-update-krakauer-and-eggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2242 Alfina the Vague Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:01:01 +0000 http://zemblangrammar.com/?p=321#comment-2242 OMG, I am making myself finish it, and when I do I will have A LOT OF OPINIONS. Gah. OMG, I am making myself finish it, and when I do I will have A LOT OF OPINIONS. Gah.

]]> By: suomichris http://zemblangrammar.com/2008/06/05/summer-reading-update-krakauer-and-eggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2231 suomichris Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:42:28 +0000 http://zemblangrammar.com/?p=321#comment-2231 Um, yeah, I kind of quit <i>What is the what</i> partway through because, like, what the hell happened to your amazing powers of storytelling, Eggers? Hmmmm? Um, yeah, I kind of quit What is the what partway through because, like, what the hell happened to your amazing powers of storytelling, Eggers? Hmmmm?

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