Summerlong; Dean Bakopolus
ECCO - 2015
PART 1
"There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one" ---Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go
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"There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one" ---Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go
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"In the hay gold dusk of late spring, Don Lowry takes his usual walk through town and out to the fields beyond it. In the newly turned black earth, he smells energy and promise, which buoys him in a way he has not felt buoyed in sometime, and he feels, along with the whole twitching prairie, as if he is on the verge of something either beautiful or terrible. It is always hard for him to know which. And this is why, while walking home, when he sees a woman, her body sprawled beneath a thick, scabbed-up sycamore at the darkening edge of Merrill Park, he believes that she's fallen from a high bough."
What do you think -- keep reading or pass?
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The opening has me wondering...and the author's use of a quote from Never Let Me Go has me wondering even more...
ReplyDeleteyes, Catherine, I was especially interested in the significance of that quote.
DeleteThe opening you shared definitely is intriguing, although I am not sure after reading the blurb about the book. I think I'll wait and see what you think first.
ReplyDelete(I may not be able to respond to everyone's post and reply to comments on my blog right away--but I will check them out when I can!)
I haven't started it yet Wendy, but hope to this week.
DeleteI can feel the spring air. There's lots of promise here. I'd like to keep reading.
ReplyDeleteI'm just very curious, not sure where this one is going by that intro.
DeleteA great opening, I'd keep reading - I like the idea that the narrator knows something is brewing but not whether it will be good or bad... I'm guessing by the last line it is the latter...
ReplyDeleteCleo, yes, it does sound bad by that last sentence.
DeleteI like the quote at the beginning, and I really want to know what happened to the woman. I'd keep reading!
ReplyDeletelad u liked the intro Diana, I am anxious to try this one.
DeleteI like this opening paragraph. It's very descriptive and makes me want to know more. I'd keep reading.
ReplyDeleteIt does make the reader wonder where this story is going.
DeleteYes, I'd like to know more. What happened to that woman???
ReplyDeleteYes, wondering what the significance is here?
DeleteThis one was a surprise summer hit for me! And...I thought the book got MUCH better after the first paragraph.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, Sarah, that is great to hear. Will start this soon.
DeleteI love the suspense...I'd read on.
ReplyDeleteGlad u liked it Harvee.
DeleteI would probably keep on- I'm curious about the under the tree.
ReplyDeleteGreg, I agree---that once sentence makes me want more.
DeleteOK, first, I like the cover. Just something about it. And I like the quote and I want to find out about the woman. So, yes, yes, yes, I'd continue. :-)
ReplyDeleteGlad u liked the intro Kay.
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ReplyDeleteI love the writing and the mood it creates. I'm on the library hold list for this one!
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm hoping once I begin this I will like the rest as much.
DeleteI love the quote at the beginning! And the opening leaved me wanting to know more.
ReplyDeleteWell, the ominous tone of the first paragraph doesn't really match the cover, does it? I am a bit curious.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to keep reading. I like the writing style and want to know more about what has happened to the woman.
ReplyDeleteThe cover and the intro don't match and I am curious to know why. I'd keep reading.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty cover, and such an ominous sense of foreboding...I would definitely keep reading.
ReplyDeleteNot an author I'm familiar with, but sounds worthwhile to try.
ReplyDeleteI like the sound of. So much could happen next, though I have no idea what!
ReplyDeleteI got lost in the run-on sentence.
ReplyDeleteKeep reading. I've heard this one is pretty dark but good. I like the way it's starting.
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