tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331783333799799045.post6999509317656479139..comments2023-04-03T09:02:40.381-04:00Comments on Views from the Countryside: Ironweed by William KennedyBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04179027379034179865noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331783333799799045.post-83200314798381189212011-09-22T17:54:45.646-04:002011-09-22T17:54:45.646-04:00In the past I've had similar experiences with ...In the past I've had similar experiences with prize winners. I'm usually turned off if it says "prize winner." That's why I chose to do only award-winners on the Quirky Girls Read blog. I'm determined to get past my prejudice and/or figure out decide a book on it's merit. Thanks for reading this one for me. I can now skip it.Margothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422981969760935118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331783333799799045.post-26085410785277672832011-09-22T12:58:39.904-04:002011-09-22T12:58:39.904-04:00I read this one, like you did, because it won the ...I read this one, like you did, because it won the Pulitzer. But it was grim. I have never been tempted to pick up the others in the trilogy (or "cycle" or whatever it is). At least one of the others has been on my TBR shelf for over 10 years, but I keep passing it over.Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331783333799799045.post-74680531525859046792011-09-21T20:27:07.257-04:002011-09-21T20:27:07.257-04:00I think that sometimes Prize judges have the same ...I think that sometimes Prize judges have the same pretensions as other people and choose books for...what?... their appearance of literate-ness(?) I've read many wonderful Pulitzer (and other literary) Prize winners, but the Prize is no guarantee, for sure.<br /><br />Thanks for your (dare I say 'brutal'?) honesty regarding this one!Debbie Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630059470408161434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331783333799799045.post-52464822288063126162011-09-21T14:12:51.845-04:002011-09-21T14:12:51.845-04:00I've tried reading Pulitzer Prize winners befo...I've tried reading Pulitzer Prize winners before and have never figured out why they won. I think I'll skip this one.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331783333799799045.post-43252756314889748052011-09-21T13:05:36.893-04:002011-09-21T13:05:36.893-04:00There doesn't seem to be much of a character a...There doesn't seem to be much of a character arc in this novel! Definitely too depressing for my tastes.Belle Wonghttp://msbookish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331783333799799045.post-89752231715689658632011-09-21T10:12:40.183-04:002011-09-21T10:12:40.183-04:00Thanks for the comments Diane and Jill. No, Jill,...Thanks for the comments Diane and Jill. No, Jill, I don't see you, or Diane, fitting the bill in the last sentence. You are both too well balanced emotionally, and you have a sense of humor which apparently Kennedy did not.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179027379034179865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331783333799799045.post-18782165467308321442011-09-20T19:29:51.522-04:002011-09-20T19:29:51.522-04:00Ha, ha, no chance I fit into that description in t...Ha, ha, no chance I fit into that description in the last sentence!rhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331783333799799045.post-62778028257291632762011-09-20T19:00:40.710-04:002011-09-20T19:00:40.710-04:00Oh no Barbara, this sounds so very depressing. The...Oh no Barbara, this sounds so very depressing. The writing may be terrific but I don't understand when stories like this turn out be be prize winners?? I have not tried this author.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.com