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A review by shannanwithana
The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley
5.0
First Off…
I was perusing the shelves at the library and saw this half pint book, which was intriguing, so i flipped through the first couple pages, and the quirkiness of it made me take it home.
Thoughts:
This was an unexpectedly wonderful book. It was such a interestingly different story and an easy read as well.
The story starts with —– who is the character of a story. But the things is, the characters are aware of being reading, almost like someone living a play. The story continues through the eyes of —– on how the story comes to life, literally, and how it lives inside a reader.
I think though i liked the story also for the writing. The concept was so well developed and thought through and then well written. I really connected with the ability of the actual author and how the story captures the process of writing a story. In a way, it makes this book feel like the true story of any story that is written, in one way or another.
10 Second Summary:
1. Easy read: it took me maybe 5 hours to read this book, which I tackled in one day, which means its also a capturing story in addition to an easy read
2. Cleverly creative story: it was just so well told and different for a story to be told from the view of a character aware that its a character in a book.
3. Standalone (kind of): I think the story was written to be a stand alone , but when eBooks became popular the author came up with an idea to extend the story. So the story has a satisfactory ending but you can read a second if you want.
This review originally posted on www.shannanwithana.com
I was perusing the shelves at the library and saw this half pint book, which was intriguing, so i flipped through the first couple pages, and the quirkiness of it made me take it home.
Thoughts:
This was an unexpectedly wonderful book. It was such a interestingly different story and an easy read as well.
The story starts with —– who is the character of a story. But the things is, the characters are aware of being reading, almost like someone living a play. The story continues through the eyes of —– on how the story comes to life, literally, and how it lives inside a reader.
I think though i liked the story also for the writing. The concept was so well developed and thought through and then well written. I really connected with the ability of the actual author and how the story captures the process of writing a story. In a way, it makes this book feel like the true story of any story that is written, in one way or another.
10 Second Summary:
1. Easy read: it took me maybe 5 hours to read this book, which I tackled in one day, which means its also a capturing story in addition to an easy read
2. Cleverly creative story: it was just so well told and different for a story to be told from the view of a character aware that its a character in a book.
3. Standalone (kind of): I think the story was written to be a stand alone , but when eBooks became popular the author came up with an idea to extend the story. So the story has a satisfactory ending but you can read a second if you want.
This review originally posted on www.shannanwithana.com