http://itsbabette.vox.com/library/posts/tags/divisadero/page/1/ hi. en Vox Mon, 05 May 2008 23:21:31 -0400 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss divisadero http://itsbabette.vox.com/library/post/6-divisadero.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Babette) http://itsbabette.vox.com/library/post/6-divisadero.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://itsbabette.vox.com/library/post/6-divisadero.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 05 May 2008 23:21:31 -0400 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c2251e81d2f21900f48cf54e740003" at:format="medium" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-medium book-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: left;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item book-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://itsbabette.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2251e81d2f21900f48cf54e740003.html"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251e81d2f21900f48cf54e740003-200pi" alt="Divisadero" title="Divisadero" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://itsbabette.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2251e81d2f21900f48cf54e740003.html" title="Divisadero">Divisadero</a></div> <div class="enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden">Michael Ondaatje</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <div>This book is basically two stories that are held together by the thinnest of threads. And that&#39;s a good thing because one of the stories sucks. And is boring. And has characters that I would not feel one way or the other if they met with violent, untimely deaths. Sadly this crappy story takes up more than the first half of the book. I was very disappointed.<br /><br />The second story however, was wonderful, and dreamy, and sad, and very, very good. It&#39;s unfortunate that this great story, which could have easily stood on it&#39;s own, and even been elaborated upon until it was novel-length itself, was attached to the other. <br /><br />Were it not for my obsessive nature regarding finishing a book once I&#39;ve started it, I may not have gotten far enough into the book to reach the good part.<br /><br />On to #7.<br /> </div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://itsbabette.vox.com/library/post/6-divisadero.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e81d2f21900f48cf54f150003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction books divisadero book review...sort of read in '08 michael ondaajte