Katie Waitman
Autor(a) de The Merro Tree
About the Author
Image credit: Photo by Beth Gwinn via Locusmag
Obras por Katie Waitman
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Waitman, Katharine Lura
- Data de nascimento
- 1956-10-24
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Palo Alto, California, USA
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Fantasy novel about a gifted actor/juggler/performer with orange hair em Name that Book (Outubro 2010)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Membros
- 333
- Popularidade
- #71,381
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 9
- ISBN
- 2
I didn't really know much about this going into it. I don't even know why I purchased it; the synopsis wasn't that gripping. Perhaps I like titles that have an obscure element from the story in it.
Waitman's writing was...shall I say: exquisite. It was very much a prose on the issue of performing arts and how censorship can be a tragedy when it comes in contact with it. I am not a performing artist, however I am a graphic artist and this book touched many chords with me; made me think about how if, I, specifically, was prohibited from creating something I love just because I may be interpreting it in a different way.
The Merro Tree was beautifully written; the characters were very well hashed out and Waitman gave the reader lots of credit and didn't spoon feed information to you.
One thing that caught me off-guard (which I should have easily figured out just looking at the bookshelves this book is in) was the
Thesis but with a "Z" sound in place of the 1st "s"). It weirded me out at first...not that I particularly care what other people do...I've just never read anything like it before. I ended up enjoying that aspect of Mikk's life and I longed for Thizziss' scenes when Mikk had to go away from him. It seemed natural and if it were any other way it would seem forced. I especially loved Waitman's use of the coiling of Thizziss' limb around Mikk's ankle. It was very endearing
I would recommend this book if you're in the mood for something with more substance to it. I can see how it would be a book where one would have to be in the mood for it.
I took 9 days to read this which is a very long time for me. It wasn't long (436 pages or something), but I felt like I had to take my time; soaking up every word.… (mais)