Despite the many good reviews available, I can't get into When We Were Romans--not because the voice of child-narrator lacks grammar mastery, but because of the "and then. . . and then. . . and then. . ." style of story-telling (including vastly unimportant details and strange comparisons of people to animals). This may be authentic to a kid's story-telling ability, but it makes for tedious reading when it lasts more than a few pages. I can't believe that the book will offer anything that is really worth the effort of forcing myself to go on. (I'm about 1/3 of the way through.)Many thanks to Doubleday for letting me try this book out.
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I'm getting a kick out of how different our taste in books is--I loved When We Were Romans, as well as Guernica. Hope the next book you crack open is the perfect book for you!
Hey Jena, thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope that quilting is in your future! It is so fun and not as hard as some people make it sound. I love it!
Sorry that this one is turning out to be such a disappointment...hopefully you'll enjoy your next read more.
Good to see we agree that this book is quite 'meh'; sometimes when I see all these raving reviews I wonder if I'm having a fit of the crazy and everyone else is right.
Exactly how I felt! I may try it again at some point, but it was so tedious, I never forged a connection,
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