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Freedom to mess up by laulib |
| This jaundiced examination of American society gives freedom a bad name. At least some of the characters mean well, but they are failing miserably to serve themselves or society. As sprawling and heart-rending as suburbia. |
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She doesn't care enough, if nothing else by zoet |
| I’m about two thirds through and I’m gonna make it! I’m no good at summarizing but the story is about Patty and her family, an ageing rock star, a little blue bird and a world filled with too many people. ----At first I thought the cover of this book was dumb and non-eye-catching but it has grown on me with the introduction of the cerulean warbler as a symbol in the story. I like that there is a ‘nice’ character, Walter to care about and I like that he in turn cares about things too, albeit in a crazyface way. The other characters are interesting too. The son, Joey, is a strange child, a character I don’t get, I don’t know any kids that behave or think the way he does. ----- Overall I’m enjoying the tale, from my position of limited perspective I would say it’s pretty true to life. |
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How freedom, like integrity, gets corrupted by ambition, greed, and blind pursuit by Andrew Fitch |
| How freedom, like integrity, gets corrupted by ambition, greed, and blind pursuit of a single good- that's a common enough theme, but this setting among neo-Reaganites and pseudo-liberals shows just how far postmodernism has shifted the ground from beneath any recognisable moral markers. Environmental crusade veers into rural asset stripping, and teenage lust trips into loving commitment. Patty's self-therapeutic, third person autobiographical voice is a big ask in terms of disbelief suspension. |
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