tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post6798604909467660753..comments2024-03-04T13:30:37.333-08:00Comments on Mark Lawrence: Did we read the same book?Mark Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877925828353073272noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-23365838448097559742016-11-04T20:11:46.469-07:002016-11-04T20:11:46.469-07:00Very interesting. Personally I loved them both. Pr...Very interesting. Personally I loved them both. Prince was my favorite though. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809485053078475870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-24520320924154918392015-10-20T07:04:11.172-07:002015-10-20T07:04:11.172-07:00As an author, I loved reading this! It's fasci...As an author, I loved reading this! It's fascinating to see how differently readers react to the same story, particularly when they both are obviously articulate and intelligent. Thanks for the excellent, detailed post.Nicholas C. Rossishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222145207280767832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-69495813899989458122015-10-16T12:47:39.327-07:002015-10-16T12:47:39.327-07:00Now I gotta read the books to see which one is cor...Now I gotta read the books to see which one is correct. Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15788325133528325487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-81969583660057437362015-10-16T12:22:42.686-07:002015-10-16T12:22:42.686-07:00Awesome stuff here guys! Great job!Awesome stuff here guys! Great job!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518960308071225355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-81194818173484435892015-10-16T06:50:44.204-07:002015-10-16T06:50:44.204-07:00Oddly, I found myself disagreeing with nearly all ...Oddly, I found myself disagreeing with nearly all of the criticisms levied by *both* reviewers here, save that I might give Lee some due in calling Katherine's epistles "unnecessary" interjections that interrupt the flow of Jorg's narrative. I did find myself wanting to get back to him during these. Yet even then, I do find them "necessary" (and relevant!) in that they form part of an anti-Jorg pov that is completely lacking among those close to Jorg in Prince, where his followers seem to blindly accept his sociopathic behavior, even revel in it. In this case, series structure trumps book structure, the initial volume being a wild challenge to the reader: chew on THIS, my friends, here's a real piece of work even as seen "from his own pov"! Can you handle it? Then saving detailed explanations and some form of redemption for later. Yet there was enough in Prince to assure me that Jorg's story *would* have those elements eventually, otherwise I might have struggled more with accepting the character.<br /><br /> Mark, I love seeing such a detailed look at the phenomenon we all know and "love" that's summed up so perfectly in the phrase "Did we read the same book?" Points up how much readers bring to a work, with the slightest hint of the controversy of "authorial intent", the idea that there is only one "correct" reading of a text, which could be food for another experiment like this one :-)<br /><br />Mike Voss (not really Anonymous, just confused by the choices in Publish As!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com