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Wonderful World: Chapters 57-65, Ctd.

Posted on September 9th, 2009 11:33am by Christine Allison
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Laura, I totally agree with you about the profound disappointment—bitterness?—I now feel having finished the book. If it is any consolation to myself, I learned how not to write a work of fiction. There is something irresistible and original about virtue, and there is something boring and unoriginal about dysfunctional crooks and sinners. (Now functional crooks and sinners can be awesome and utterly captivating. A high-grade sociopath? YES!)

And what was with the people who multiple times were mentioned wearing bunny costumes? I can’t even believe I am writing that. I can’t believe I held onto random details, hoping for an explanation. It is foul play in my opinion to create a series of weird unanswered gratuitous distractions—as you say, Laura—the blackout, wuh?— and to not resolve or explain any of it, ever. That is why I held out hope for an ending that brilliantly tied everything together. It was the only thing that could have helped me understand why the author is one of Spain’s hottest up-and-comers. A great ending, Javier. Was that so much to ask after sticking with these idiots and devils and loonies for hundreds of pages?

Oh well. At least I got to meet some awesome thinkers in our little book club. (Any don’t forget to come to Legacy Books September 16 so we can hang out a bit. You KNOW you’ve been meaning to get up there. This is a great reason to make it happen.)

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