I bought it for half price in Waterstones yesterday....
I started it on the bus home last night, but I'm a bit disappointed with it. The actual book seems badly made - it creaks when being read, and the paper is nasty, especially the edges. And JW's tone seems unnecessarily patronising, I appreciate that she's writing for children, but all the 'and what do you think happened then?' type sentences really grated on me. It was as though one of her child narrators was writing, and what's fine for a child voice doesn't work when an adult is writing. Imo.
I'd be interested to read an autobiography written for adults, or at least in normal English. Although it makes me sad for the world that there has to be a difference.
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Date: 2007-02-24 12:58 pm (UTC)I started it on the bus home last night, but I'm a bit disappointed with it. The actual book seems badly made - it creaks when being read, and the paper is nasty, especially the edges. And JW's tone seems unnecessarily patronising, I appreciate that she's writing for children, but all the 'and what do you think happened then?' type sentences really grated on me. It was as though one of her child narrators was writing, and what's fine for a child voice doesn't work when an adult is writing. Imo.
I'd be interested to read an autobiography written for adults, or at least in normal English. Although it makes me sad for the world that there has to be a difference.