tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post7768347359284603578..comments2024-03-28T15:50:29.884-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James: A reviewDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-12581777696896559932019-10-05T13:33:51.363-05:002019-10-05T13:33:51.363-05:00It is, to state the obvious, a unique book. As I i...It is, to state the obvious, a unique book. As I indicated, the work I could most easily relate it to is <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>, a more disgustingly violent and sexualized <i>Lord of the Rings.</i> In the end, I just felt that he wasn't really writing for me and probably would have jerked the book out of my hands and thrown it across the room if he's caught me reading it! I don't know that I will ever attempt the second and third part of his trilogy if and when they come out.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-81248427856737867182019-10-05T11:15:40.695-05:002019-10-05T11:15:40.695-05:00Well, you got through it. I intend to do so as wel...Well, you got through it. I intend to do so as well but your review sums up why I have been putting it off. Last evening I tried to watch a movie called Daughters of the Dust. It was soooo foreign to me that I could not make sense of it, in fact I fell asleep. I might try it again. Like Marlon James's books, I intuit there is something there I feel I need to grasp. The elements in BLRW are so outside what I usually read. Thank you for making it through and living to tell the tale!Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.com