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Comment on THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by first10pages

first10pages — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:14:17 +0000

Thanks Stacy. I forget how much love writing them. I appreciate your checking it out.

— Bryan Burch • 503.970.9428

Comment on THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by Gail Mackenzie-Smith

Gail Mackenzie-Smith — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:20:10 +0000

I read this book a couple of years ago and it still haunts me. It is indeed ominous and frightening. And you’re right, his choice of voice is the perfect for it. It sounded to me like a snake charmer sort of luring his victim. Sinister.

Comment on THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by OneGirlRiot

OneGirlRiot — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:16:22 +0000

It’s always such a pleasure to read your reviews, Bryan.
Fascinating how the writer’s able to convey the difference between how the narrator speaks in different contexts. Sounds like language isthe focus here. Lovely.

Comment on BEN, IN THE WORLD / Doris Lessing by first10pages

first10pages — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:13:51 +0000

Thank you, Emily. I haven’t yet, but I’ll take your advise.

Comment on THE ROAD / Cormac McCarthy by first10pages

first10pages — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:12:30 +0000

Thank you. It was one of the stories I focused on for my thesis presentation. It’s an eerie read. Good luck.

Comment on THE ROAD / Cormac McCarthy by Dave

Dave — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:01:28 +0000

Now I know why I felt like the third person walking with the father and son.
You say ” unseen observer in a dangerous world adds suspense.”
The suspense made me want to read again the next day. I’m part of the story. I feel the bond they have over the bottle of coke. I feel hunger pains as they do. This is what makes this book a living piece of art in writing, a real classic and very rare to find. I wish other books were like this one.
thank you for explaining the inner works of this great book.

Comment on FRANKENSTEIN / Mary Shelley by first10pages

first10pages — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:19:25 +0000

Sorry you feel that way, but if you look again, you will find that the Mary Shelly, 1831 version of Frankenstein begins with a PREFACE written by “Marlowe”. There follows a series of letters as a PROLOGUE to the story written by “Walton” to various people outlining confusing events that lead up to the telling of the Frankenstein story that begins with CHAPTER ONE.

Comment on FRANKENSTEIN / Mary Shelley by Edgar

Edgar — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:36:18 +0000

the prologue even isint a prologue its complet bolshit

Comment on BEN, IN THE WORLD / Doris Lessing by Emily

Emily — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:53:14 +0000

Possibly you should try reading the fifth child, as well. Its written in the same format but tells the story more of his mother than him and tells of her life and feelings concerning Ben. It is a great book.

Comment on GONE WITH THE WIND / Margaret Mitchell by Nayanika

Nayanika — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:11:26 +0000

I began reading ‘Gone With The Wind’ for a school assignment and by the first 2 pages, I was hooked! It is an amazing piece of classic literature! Until now I had thought that the ‘Twilight Series’ were the best books that I had ever read, but boy was I wrong! Sigh…..they don’t make them like that anymore.