I really enjoyed "The Confession," and I didn't realize the
"surprise" plot twist until almost the very last chapter. I
had my suspicions a few times along the way, but I think
that's the sign of a really good mystery novel. Reading
through the comments on the "Confessions of an Idiosyncratic
Mind" weblog ( http://www.sarahweinman.com/confessions/
), I guess the folks who are upset about it want it to be
banned from consideration for the Edgar Awards. They say it
isn't really a "mystery" novel. Well no, it's not a mystery
in the vein of Miss Marple or Perry Mason, but I don't think
it claims to be. Right there on the cover is the publisher's
logo: HARD CASE CRIME. "The Confession" lives up to that
description.
pax/shalom/salaam, Darrell http://wildfaith.blogspot.com/
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Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: banned books
Steve wrote:
'Very strange. But basically they missed the
point of the whole novel.
Thankfully, they're usually outnumbered by
hundreds more who actually
"get it."'
Very strange indeed. Even if I don't "get" a
book, even if I think it
revels in or actually endorses behaviors or
attitudes I think are
reprehensible, I would never even think to say
they should be banned
and/or burned. At worst I'll just stop reading,
as I did with Rex
Miller's Slob, for instance.
Mark
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