tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339331498792801948.post8973183606226270631..comments2023-03-24T11:02:43.379+00:00Comments on . A Book every Six Days .: Review: Sebastian FAULKS - "The Girl at the Lion D'Or"Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339331498792801948.post-75545682350495341962011-09-25T15:50:15.310+01:002011-09-25T15:50:15.310+01:00This is just to allow me to tick the follow-up box...This is just to allow me to tick the follow-up box which I forgot to do.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339331498792801948.post-68723492534233800172011-09-25T15:49:04.495+01:002011-09-25T15:49:04.495+01:00One day I shall revisit this book. I shall have t...One day I shall revisit this book. I shall have to. I seem to be the only person who, having decided that Birdsong was one of the 'greats', does not feel similarly about this effort from Faulks.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339331498792801948.post-8186471972697441722009-06-05T22:38:10.420+01:002009-06-05T22:38:10.420+01:00The distinction in my case is between my own and o...The distinction in my case is between my own and one borrowed form the library. Nobody sends me free copies (hint, hint!) but even if they did I wouldn't feel obliged to praise their work. I suspect a lot of bloggers who receive free ones do give genuine assessments and we just have to bear in mind how much everyone's tastes differ.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339331498792801948.post-81319946051534238982009-06-05T22:06:59.298+01:002009-06-05T22:06:59.298+01:00I've always meant to read Sebastian Faulks and...I've always meant to read Sebastian Faulks and perhaps this summer will get around to Birdsong, a book I've had for years. One more book to pile on the coffeetable!<br /><br />I find it interesting that you tell us whether it is your own copy or a review copy. It can influence one. So many (famous) bloggers gush so much about their free copies, overpraise so puzzlingly, and mention the publisher so often to fulfill an obligation that they begin to sound like a marketing firm. (I love most of these blogs, but I had to give up trusting everything they say.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339331498792801948.post-52902053774402816152009-05-29T17:18:36.790+01:002009-05-29T17:18:36.790+01:00Thanks Nan, I just got Green Dolphin Street (secon...Thanks Nan, I just got Green Dolphin Street (secondhand) for a penny! (Postage was £2.00 !) . I'm going to read A Fool's Alphabet first.<br />By coincidence, I just added one of yours to my reading list - <I>Rice, Craig - Home Sweet Homicide (Nan)</I>Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339331498792801948.post-16675634067985173292009-05-29T16:01:25.602+01:002009-05-29T16:01:25.602+01:00I'm going to copy out your review and keep it in m...I'm going to copy out your review and keep it in my books folder. It sounds like a book I would really enjoy. I've only read On Green Dolphin Street and I have these few notes on it from October 2004:<br />'On Green Dolphin Street 2001<br />By Sebastian Faulks<br />Recorded Books read by Steven Crossley<br />Fiction B/B+ <br />I spent the week after finishing this book trying to figure out how I felt about it, and what "grade" I would give it. Yes, it is an interesting story, but no, the characters aren't as well developed as I would hope. I think I may have liked it because of the 1959-1960 setting, and maybe it wouldn't have held my interest as much if set in the present day. The affair in the book is somehow unrealistic, as is the main character's devotion to her husband. Yet, I didn't hate it, and I kept reading.'<br /><br />Funny though, that when I think back on the book I feel a fondness. Do you ever find that? That your past written thoughts and your present feelings about a book don't always mesh? Anyhow, I definitely want to read this one, and I thank you for the review.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.com