Comments on: The Believers – Book Review http://www.caribousmom.com/2008/11/01/the-believers-book-review/ reading a good book with a furchild by my side Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:14:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Caribousmom http://www.caribousmom.com/2008/11/01/the-believers-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-4865 Caribousmom Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:54:38 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/?p=1936#comment-4865 Jenny: Thank you for your thoughts. I agree with you...and yes, I think the marriage would have been more strained. Audrey did not strike me as the tolerant type! Jenny: Thank you for your thoughts. I agree with you…and yes, I think the marriage would have been more strained. Audrey did not strike me as the tolerant type!

]]> By: Jenny http://www.caribousmom.com/2008/11/01/the-believers-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-4802 Jenny Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:20:33 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/?p=1936#comment-4802 This is a fine book. The corrosive and largely unintended effects of parental style on adult life are brilliantly conveyed. I especially liked the treatment of Karla and her unlikeable husband who has taken her on as an improvement project, taking over where Audrey, her mother, left off. Karla's relentless resort to fattening food both as a mute protest against her mother and also as a source of transient comfort followed immediately by guilt will be familiar to dieters everywhere. This is a real page-turner but on reflection I found myself doubting whether the Joel-Audrey marriage would actually have survived so long given how horrible she seems. This is a fine book. The corrosive and largely unintended effects of parental style on adult life are brilliantly conveyed. I especially liked the treatment of Karla and her unlikeable husband who has taken her on as an improvement project, taking over where Audrey, her mother, left off. Karla’s relentless resort to fattening food both as a mute protest against her mother and also as a source of transient comfort followed immediately by guilt will be familiar to dieters everywhere.
This is a real page-turner but on reflection I found myself doubting whether the Joel-Audrey marriage would actually have survived so long given how horrible she seems.

]]> By: Caribousmom http://www.caribousmom.com/2008/11/01/the-believers-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-4746 Caribousmom Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:30:33 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/?p=1936#comment-4746 Marie: *nods* I know a lot of readers who really didn't like this one...but even still, they had a lot to say about it! Marie: *nods* I know a lot of readers who really didn’t like this one…but even still, they had a lot to say about it!

]]> By: marie http://www.caribousmom.com/2008/11/01/the-believers-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-4731 marie Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:07:58 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/?p=1936#comment-4731 i agree that the book offers a lot in terms of discussion- it's definitely character-driven and the paths they travel would make for great book club fodder. i agree that the book offers a lot in terms of discussion- it’s definitely character-driven and the paths they travel would make for great book club fodder.

]]> By: Caribousmom http://www.caribousmom.com/2008/11/01/the-believers-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3934 Caribousmom Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:25:11 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/?p=1936#comment-3934 Karen: Audrey is definitely NOT a typical female protagonist! Hope you enjoy the book. Seachanges: Oh, it is good to see most of the reviews are positive...I don't think it is a book for everyone, but I really enjoyed it. Teddy: *laughing* Only if you promise to do the same for me :) Karen: Audrey is definitely NOT a typical female protagonist! Hope you enjoy the book.

Seachanges: Oh, it is good to see most of the reviews are positive…I don’t think it is a book for everyone, but I really enjoyed it.

Teddy: *laughing* Only if you promise to do the same for me :)

]]> By: Teddy http://www.caribousmom.com/2008/11/01/the-believers-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3931 Teddy Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:06:27 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/?p=1936#comment-3931 Oh Wendy, you really have to stop adding to my TBR like this! It's getting out of hand. LOL! Oh Wendy, you really have to stop adding to my TBR like this! It’s getting out of hand. LOL!

]]> By: Seachanges http://www.caribousmom.com/2008/11/01/the-believers-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3907 Seachanges Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:16:16 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/?p=1936#comment-3907 Yes, it's on my list, most of the reviews I've read have been hugely positive. Yes, it’s on my list, most of the reviews I’ve read have been hugely positive.

]]> By: Karen http://www.caribousmom.com/2008/11/01/the-believers-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3901 Karen Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:02:52 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/?p=1936#comment-3901 Thanks for this review. I have seen this book around and have been tempted to pick it up a couple of times - the next time I see it I think I will. I tend to really enjoy books that don't have a "typical" female protagonist. Thanks for this review. I have seen this book around and have been tempted to pick it up a couple of times – the next time I see it I think I will. I tend to really enjoy books that don’t have a “typical” female protagonist.

]]> By: Caribousmom http://www.caribousmom.com/2008/11/01/the-believers-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3893 Caribousmom Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:00:18 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/?p=1936#comment-3893 Kathy: I've been seeing mixed reviews on this one...but I appreciated the complexity of the characters and Heller's beautiful writing and irony. Hope you'll enjoy it. Kathy: I’ve been seeing mixed reviews on this one…but I appreciated the complexity of the characters and Heller’s beautiful writing and irony. Hope you’ll enjoy it.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.caribousmom.com/2008/11/01/the-believers-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3884 Kathy Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:29:52 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/?p=1936#comment-3884 This one really sounds interesting. I got the other one from B & N and it was just okay. This one really sounds interesting. I got the other one from B & N and it was just okay.

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