Comments on: Daily Bookshot: Great Expectations! http://robaroundbooks.com/2009/10/daily-bookshot-great-expectations/ ...ahhh for the love of words Fri, 18 May 2012 07:24:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob http://robaroundbooks.com/2009/10/daily-bookshot-great-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-6122 Rob Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:01:34 +0000 http://robaroundbooks.com/2009/10/daily-bookshot-great-expectations/#comment-6122 I've not finished Sukkwan Island yet John but the overbearing sense that something ominous is going to happen is making me breathless..pheww :) Warmest Rob I’ve not finished Sukkwan Island yet John but the overbearing sense that something ominous is going to happen is making me breathless..pheww :)
Warmest
Rob

]]> By: John Self http://robaroundbooks.com/2009/10/daily-bookshot-great-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-6118 John Self Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:55:24 +0000 http://robaroundbooks.com/2009/10/daily-bookshot-great-expectations/#comment-6118 I agree about the initial 'chapters' (actually stories) - I thought they were sometimes overwritten, straining for effect, with slightly overwrought things like the stepmother who shared her one-eyed status with a fish from Fenn's youth... But 'Sukkwan Island', the novella, makes it all worthwhile. And even though it's very good from the start, there's also a kick which really pushes it into the stratosphere. Enjoy, Rob and Stu! I agree about the initial ‘chapters’ (actually stories) – I thought they were sometimes overwritten, straining for effect, with slightly overwrought things like the stepmother who shared her one-eyed status with a fish from Fenn’s youth…

But ‘Sukkwan Island’, the novella, makes it all worthwhile. And even though it’s very good from the start, there’s also a kick which really pushes it into the stratosphere. Enjoy, Rob and Stu!

]]> By: stujallen http://robaroundbooks.com/2009/10/daily-bookshot-great-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-6089 stujallen Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:24:38 +0000 http://robaroundbooks.com/2009/10/daily-bookshot-great-expectations/#comment-6089 It is a real peach of a book rob ,I ll read mine next I think . Hope its a good as joe makes out . It is a real peach of a book rob ,I ll read mine next I think . Hope its a good as joe makes out .

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