Comments on: The Woman in the Wall, by Patrice Kindl (1998) E http://theblackletters.net/the-woman-in-the-wall-by-patrice-kindl-1998-e/ a literary blog Mon, 21 May 2012 08:29:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: marly http://theblackletters.net/the-woman-in-the-wall-by-patrice-kindl-1998-e/comment-page-1/#comment-10919 marly Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:45:07 +0000 http://theblackletters.net/?p=2513#comment-10919 I just read this, 1 of my kids brought it home. I will always regret the time I spent reading this garbage (thankfully, it didn't take very long). I'm all for imaginative fantasy, but this story was all over a very potholed road. So implausable, 1 night a 7 yr old is single-handedly remodeling part of a house and 2 days later she falls unnoticed into a womans purse and is carried outside? Huh? Aside from the inane story line, the narration sounds rather 1883ish. Oh, I almost forgot, the girl dissappears and isn't seen by her family for years, yet they do nothing to try to find her. An odd disturbing book I don't want my kids (or anyone else's to waste their time on- they're better off reading the backs of cereal boxes). I just read this, 1 of my kids brought it home. I will always regret the time I spent reading this garbage (thankfully, it didn’t take very long). I’m all for imaginative fantasy, but this story was all over a very potholed road. So implausable, 1 night a 7 yr old is single-handedly remodeling part of a house and 2 days later she falls unnoticed into a womans purse and is carried outside? Huh? Aside from the inane story line, the narration sounds rather 1883ish. Oh, I almost forgot, the girl dissappears and isn’t seen by her family for years, yet they do nothing to try to find her. An odd disturbing book I don’t want my kids (or anyone else’s to waste their time on- they’re better off reading the backs of cereal boxes).

]]> By: Emera http://theblackletters.net/the-woman-in-the-wall-by-patrice-kindl-1998-e/comment-page-1/#comment-2106 Emera Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:52:35 +0000 http://theblackletters.net/?p=2513#comment-2106 Hahaha, noooo - this is an ancient compy review that I dug up from The Distant Past. *points at read date* Yeah, this is one of those concepts you wish had been outsourced to a slightly better author. (Same goes for her second book, which I haven't bothered reading, but also has a concept that appeals to me - the main character is a girl who turns into an owl. :P) And yeah, the cover has a little too much Photoshoppe for my tastes, but the model is lovely. Hahaha, noooo – this is an ancient compy review that I dug up from The Distant Past. *points at read date*

Yeah, this is one of those concepts you wish had been outsourced to a slightly better author. (Same goes for her second book, which I haven’t bothered reading, but also has a concept that appeals to me – the main character is a girl who turns into an owl. :P)

And yeah, the cover has a little too much Photoshoppe for my tastes, but the model is lovely.

]]> By: kakaner http://theblackletters.net/the-woman-in-the-wall-by-patrice-kindl-1998-e/comment-page-1/#comment-2105 kakaner Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:22:24 +0000 http://theblackletters.net/?p=2513#comment-2105 Um. What? You have this book? SINCE WHEN For some reason, I was mildly obsessed with this book as a child. I have no idea where I got it from, but I think I've read it at least 3 or 4 times. The premise (as you said too) appealed to me IMMENSELy, but each time I read it it failed to fulfill what I was looking for. I kept picking it up again hoping it would magically transform into something more amazing. Also, the cover. I've just never seen a cover model with her features. Um. What? You have this book? SINCE WHEN

For some reason, I was mildly obsessed with this book as a child. I have no idea where I got it from, but I think I’ve read it at least 3 or 4 times. The premise (as you said too) appealed to me IMMENSELy, but each time I read it it failed to fulfill what I was looking for. I kept picking it up again hoping it would magically transform into something more amazing.

Also, the cover.

I’ve just never seen a cover model with her features.

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