tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133568317365346510.post5446866985662478346..comments2024-01-28T23:26:14.870-08:00Comments on Dead Houseplants*: Chime, by Franny BillingsleyKim Aippersbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02556947405633680410noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133568317365346510.post-67043560063570965682011-06-16T09:28:01.105-07:002011-06-16T09:28:01.105-07:00"Gossip Girl in Dark Fantasy Land": hee ..."Gossip Girl in Dark Fantasy Land": hee hee hee! You're quite right, and I wouldn't have picked it based on the cover, pretty as it is.<br /><br />When you mention the psychological aspect of the book: at the end when she talks about treading new pathways in her brain, it completely reminded me of A Stroke of Insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor: she's a neurologist who had a stroke and described how she recovered from it. Brilliant book.Kim Aippersbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02556947405633680410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133568317365346510.post-74559763340434475272011-06-13T13:04:02.432-07:002011-06-13T13:04:02.432-07:00I actually hate the cover-- it was turning me off ...I actually hate the cover-- it was turning me off from reading the book. It looks too much like Gossip Girl In Dark Fantasy Land to me. It took not only ALL the MANY glowing reviews, but one reviewer who's opinion I really trusted to say "I don't think the cover fits," before I gave in! <br /><br />The thing that I find most fascinating about this book is the psychological aspects-- which I don't see too many people mentioning in reviews, but maybe that's because if you go into it too much it's spoilerish. But I was reading a personal journal entry I wrote right after I read it, in which I go on and on about the issues and story from a psychological standpoint, without actually naming the book or author, and I thought, "Wow, someone reading this would think I just read some kind of serious Issues novel instead of a dark fantasy!" But that's one of the things I like most about fantasy-- it makes reading about the Serious Issues a WHOLE lot more palatable!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com