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Reply To: WOOLY!

Jeanne — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 19:23:27 +0000

It was very sad, but it also explained so much. I thought a great deal of the story was addressing how people deal with the hand they’re dealt. Are you trapped? Is there a positive way forward – which Emmitt always seemed to be looking for -?

Reply To: Should this book stay on the list?

Jeanne — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 19:17:08 +0000

Absolutely. I loved the book. It seemed very 50’s to me – especially in relation to rural Kansas/Nebraska.

Reply To: Stand up as a modern Odyssey?

Sheridan — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 02:28:13 +0000

I read this one last summer – it was one of my favorite reads – and I don’t know why I didn’t think of it as an Odyssey re-telling, but it certainly fits that mold!

Stand up as a modern Odyssey?

Kris Ingra — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 18:04:02 +0000

I read a review that loved how this was a modern take on The Odyssey by Homer. I had to agree. The Odyssey has certainly stood the test of time in classic literature. I loved how these modern characters, too, continued forward, always seeking. Better yet, rather than just stay true to Homer’s original there are twists more of the characters’ creating and less of gods’ creating. The imperfect characters drive the plot more than fate.

Reply To: Amor Towles

Kris Ingra — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:56:49 +0000

I loved Rules of Civilty and The Gentleman. Sometimes I worry when I love a couple of books by the same author that another will disappoint. The Lincoln Highway did not disappoint.

Reply To: The Ending

Kris Ingra — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:52:53 +0000

I think it being the less technological 1950’s led to its credibility. With fingerprinting data bases and DNA analysis and facial recognition and so much technology today, they would doubtless be caught. Maybe that is part of the charm of the decades challenge: one can go back to a less technological world and wonder how things might have been. In this case it is how our antiheroes might have escaped.

Reply To: Should this book stay on the list?

Kris Ingra — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:47:39 +0000

Absolutely. I am one who loved the story line.

Reply To: Amor Towles

Patty Carroll — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:55:52 +0000

I loved both The Lincoln Highway and A Gentleman in Moscow. Both were very character driven, although I guess The Lincoln Highway has a little more plot. In both, I felt Amor Towles totally immersed me into the stories. I haven’t read Rules of Civility yet, but I have it and am looking forward to it.

Reply To: Amor Towles

Nancy Bethel — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 12:14:21 +0000

I agree! Gentleman was definitely my favorite- delightful! Rules of Civility was my least favorite

Reply To: WOOLY!

Nancy Bethel — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 12:10:27 +0000

That is interesting! A judge in our bookclub thought Duchess was a sociopath! I did not think that, but I thought he made poor decisions, and was too violent.