We were a fan of this book being written in first person plural. We have never read a book where the main character are a bundle of characters. Instead of reading the inner-conscious of a singular soul, we were delighted to read the group dynamic. Especially as it corresponds to something we are very familiar with - the confines of an office. Benny tells stories, Genevieve is a gossip, and Joe Pope locks his bike to itself inside his office every day, but everybody's quirks and character traits serve a purpose. An office may be inanimate but its people are not. They have emotions. They have much humanity. And we were sad to see them go even when some of them stayed behind. But we really enjoyed reading this book. Me in particular.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Then We Came to the End
We were a fan of this book being written in first person plural. We have never read a book where the main character are a bundle of characters. Instead of reading the inner-conscious of a singular soul, we were delighted to read the group dynamic. Especially as it corresponds to something we are very familiar with - the confines of an office. Benny tells stories, Genevieve is a gossip, and Joe Pope locks his bike to itself inside his office every day, but everybody's quirks and character traits serve a purpose. An office may be inanimate but its people are not. They have emotions. They have much humanity. And we were sad to see them go even when some of them stayed behind. But we really enjoyed reading this book. Me in particular.
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We thought your fingers were stuck to the "w" and the "e" on your keyboard. We had to re-read your first sentence a couple of times to see what was the matter. We want to read this book now.
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