I finished Haroun and the Sea of Stories yesterday. It is such a great book. I think the thing that amazed me the most was being able to pick out some of the influences yet feeling that this was so original. The images were outlandish yet familiar, the messages are clear, and for those who constantly whine about never reading anything with a happy ending-it's all here.
About the comment James the Rat made about The Notebook...there were two of us in the back row completely disagreeing with the comments. Sure, I will admit it is a sappy love story, but it's the most amazing kind of love story. In this one they don't just fall in love and ride off into the sunset, he sticks with her when they are old and she is sick he is there for her even when she can't be there for him. What's wrong with that exactly? Love is not the sloppy kissy sex on the beach crap everyone seems to want to see anymore. It's getting older and experiencing a lifetime together. Sigh. Now I have gone and done it; you are all thinking I am a soft hearted twit. Well get over it, I'm not. (Mostly). Give me a grand adventure killing orcs or people eating tapioca (or maybe it was another dessert-from Brother's Karamazov) while violent acts are being committed I can find grand things there too. Most stories have something wonderful in them. The only book I think I have read that I actually wanted to burn afterwards was Pretty Little Liars, which I noted in my paper would make nice lining for guinea pig cages. Now I will hear about that the way James just heard about The Notebook. That is the great thing about stories. They are all as similar and different as we are. As long as a story means something to you, it's a great story; no matter what someone else says. (Yes, Jenna, I am ready to see the value in your Twilight series. Reluctantly I admit this and I refuse to endure another one of them, but if you like it, great.)
drowning...I have another 277 pages to finish my homework today, so I am going to happily dive into these treasures. I hope you are all well, see you tomorrow. One last note, since all the stories are sort of intertwined and flowing in the sea of stories, maybe it will help with the anxiety of influence.
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