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emlickliter's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Seeing Through Places: Reflections on Geography and Identity by Mary Gordon – This is one of the craft books I read in college while I was working on novels, and I really benefitted from thinking through my setting details! Happy Reading!
lynitab's review against another edition
1.0
Okay, so I picked this book up in the buiding book-exchange, so I shouldn't complain, right?
Half way through this book I remarked to myself that the reason I hadn't written a book was that I was afraid it would be a book like this. I mean, who wants to read a book that is all about me? I don't even want to read a book all about me. I do love to write, but until I have something to say, I think I will stick to writings whose publication get no farther than an occasional Facebook quip.
Gordon has a lovely writing style, and, for some , style might be enough . Reading this book is a bit like eating an entree of a large scallop on some sort of gastriqe with a curly-cue of carrot on top. If that thrills you- read this book.
I need to bite down on a chile or a coriander seed, or better yet, stop and try to analyze why a meal is wonderful. This book is not that kind of meal.
Half way through this book I remarked to myself that the reason I hadn't written a book was that I was afraid it would be a book like this. I mean, who wants to read a book that is all about me? I don't even want to read a book all about me. I do love to write, but until I have something to say, I think I will stick to writings whose publication get no farther than an occasional Facebook quip.
Gordon has a lovely writing style, and, for some , style might be enough . Reading this book is a bit like eating an entree of a large scallop on some sort of gastriqe with a curly-cue of carrot on top. If that thrills you- read this book.
I need to bite down on a chile or a coriander seed, or better yet, stop and try to analyze why a meal is wonderful. This book is not that kind of meal.
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