tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post5102026335147472012..comments2024-03-29T12:42:15.329+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: Book Review: The Red Tree by Caitlin R. KiernanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-88699657303475454462010-02-06T19:28:07.929+00:002010-02-06T19:28:07.929+00:00The found manuscript thing does not put me off. Pe...The found manuscript thing does not put me off. Personally, I loved Shriek: An Afterword by VanderMeer, which was pretty much a manuscript found twice. It is the journal thing that puts me off. The latest book was The Ninth Circle by Alex Bell and though it had a nice enough story, I had a hell of a time reading it. I know there was one before that, but am vaguely aware that it was before I started recording what I read and therefore lost to memory.<br /><br />And actually, I did not enjoy The Blair Witch when I watched it either...Jameshttp://dazedrambling.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-24435434680746279792010-02-06T15:18:41.849+00:002010-02-06T15:18:41.849+00:00@James - Please don't let the meta-narrative p...@James - Please don't let the meta-narrative put you off! The Red Tree is a very fine read indeed, The Blair Witch made literary, and though there's a good deal of ambiguity left over by the end, it's the good kind - the sort that leaves you thinking rather than scratching your head, disappointed.<br /><br />If you don't mind me asking, James, what have you read in the past that's put you off the whole found manuscript thing?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-71736485315352316982010-02-05T22:04:37.413+00:002010-02-05T22:04:37.413+00:00Thanks for the review. There has been a lot of pos...Thanks for the review. There has been a lot of positivity directed at this book and I have been thinking of picking it up, but I am not so sure I will now. It sounds very good... until the part about it being composed of a journal crops up. Unfortunately, that sort of novel just never works for me.<br /><br />It would be nice if I could read an excerpt or something to see how I like it, but apparently nothing of the sort is available online. Eh, might give it a go anyway.Jameshttp://dazedrambling.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-38026888024499836292010-02-05T09:34:17.569+00:002010-02-05T09:34:17.569+00:00This one has been on my reading pile for far too l...This one has been on my reading pile for far too long now and it looks like I'm going to have to do something about that now...<br /><br />Thanks for the review!Graemehttp://www.graemesfantasybookreview.comnoreply@blogger.com