tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post2688380993018429547..comments2023-09-22T02:24:42.144-07:00Comments on a light inside: Currently Reading: MatchedJenna St.Hilairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16528611770211261141noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-88062099625413040952011-05-05T20:07:18.546-07:002011-05-05T20:07:18.546-07:00George, I know how you feel. :)
Arabella, I share...<b>George,</b> I know how you feel. :)<br /><br /><b>Arabella,</b> I share your hope about this trilogy--and am really looking forward to the rest of it! And I love your thoughts. This is one I really didn't want to take back to the library, because I wanted to look into all that symbolism business and read parts again. I will have to get a copy. And <i>Crossed</i> comes out in November (long wait... bah.)<br /><br />I'm kind of curious about her <a href="http://www.allysoncondie.com/about-2/" rel="nofollow">LDS books</a> now.Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-49074164792320537932011-05-05T09:08:05.122-07:002011-05-05T09:08:05.122-07:00"Arched with symbolism" was supposed to ..."Arched with symbolism" was supposed to be "loaded with symbolism."<br /><br />--ArabellaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-1714844455716326522011-05-05T09:05:24.085-07:002011-05-05T09:05:24.085-07:00Yeah, really, George! Nor oblivious or despisable ...Yeah, really, George! Nor oblivious or despisable parents. I have hopes that this trilogy won't jump the Collins shark and blow the last book with literal, mindless overkill. <br /><br />I loved the way Kyle's backstory is revealed. And how Cassia, bred into complete passivity (thus the annoying early blandness), finds her inner spark. I love how poetry, love, art, and beauty are the seeds of her awakening. How the story is arched with symbolism--color, water, seeing, I/eye, and I'm pretty sure it's alchemical (I've got it on John Granger's list of "to reads"). That the written word rather than the spoken word is the key to understanding. And that when the written word is forbidden, a critical part of our souls is shuttered. This, I believe, has to do with the eye/seeing/heart/inner vision symbolism.<br /><br />Great review, <b>Jenna</b>!<br /><br />--ArabellaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-19429609274660407722011-05-04T21:09:08.164-07:002011-05-04T21:09:08.164-07:00A book that doesn't have an aberrant parody of...A book that doesn't have an aberrant parody of religion as the Big Bad? Does such a thing really exist?Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501327753737422337noreply@blogger.com