As you were.
I read this while we were in Vietnam. I picked it up in one of the backpackery book swap stores for 50,000 dong - about £1.20 and it was bruised, tattered and torn. I loved it like you did and I have so many happy memories of where I was when I read the first quarter and so on. Maybe it is due a reread soon, I still have that original copy.I’ve just read “The Mountains Sing” and it’s an amazing multigenerational book about a family struggling with the war in vietnam. I strongly recommend! It’s got times where you are so shocked and just want to cry, but some moments where it’s so beautifully written you feel for all the characters involved!
Really good to get you out of a reading slump too!
I can’t believe it’s that long with no interval! It’s such an emotionally draining read, I wonder how graphic the show is. I still have such conflicting thoughts about the book and don’t know if I’d like to see that on a stage. Quite sad it says it cuts out a lot of the friendship/camaraderie, I think that was so central to the book and was some relief in amongst all the horrora polarising book here i know but the first reviews of the play version of a little life are interesting!
A Little Life: Critics split over James Norton's 'distressing' play
The West End adaptation of A Little Life divides critics, with reviews ranging from two to five stars.www.bbc.co.uk
i cannot imagine it being nearly four hours without an interval. how exhausted must james norton be at the end?! like the article points out, at least you could take a break from the relentless trauma
of the book!
Four hours without an interval is gonna alienate a huge percentage of audiences, simply because they will buy all their drinks at the bar before the show, drink too much too early and then need to pee in the middle of the showa polarising book here i know but the first reviews of the play version of a little life are interesting!
A Little Life: Critics split over James Norton's 'distressing' play
The West End adaptation of A Little Life divides critics, with reviews ranging from two to five stars.www.bbc.co.uk
i cannot imagine it being nearly four hours without an interval. how exhausted must james norton be at the end?! like the article points out, at least you could take a break from the relentless trauma
of the book!
it is a crazy length for a play tbh - and james norton is a type one diabetic! he said on graham norton that the crew were going to hide snacks and stuff in props for him but, yikes.I can’t believe it’s that long with no interval! It’s such an emotionally draining read, I wonder how graphic the show is. I still have such conflicting thoughts about the book and don’t know if I’d like to see that on a stage. Quite sad it says it cuts out a lot of the friendship/camaraderie, I think that was so central to the book and was some relief in amongst all the horror
and i would need a LARGE wine before getting started on this too. from the photos the production looks like it’s in the round or has on stage seating, which seems wild with no interval for the reasons you say.Four hours without an interval is gonna alienate a huge percentage of audiences, simply because they will buy all their drinks at the bar before the show, drink too much too early and then need to pee in the middle of the show
One of my absolute favourites from last year. Completely agree with everything you’ve saidI read Asking for It by Louise o'Neill today.
What an utterly hauntingly painful book to read. I feel like she spliced my heart open with a scalpel and stuck it all back together. What a book. Totally triggering so I'd read the blurb before reading it. But for such a terrible subject matter it was so beautifully and delicately written. By the time I was contemplating if I could read on I was already invested in finding out what happened to Emma in the end.
4* but gee, I cried like a baby.
i will try and find it for you! hopefully i saved it to my favourites somewhere@LaBlonde that is brutal, it must be so gruelling to work on. Do you by any chance remember the name of the post with the long review? I’d be interested in reading it! I can imagine there being a lot of people who can’t handle watching the full thing
I have this on my TBR Im sure. Sounds like something Id enjoy.I read Asking for It by Louise o'Neill today.
What an utterly hauntingly painful book to read. I feel like she spliced my heart open with a scalpel and stuck it all back together. What a book. Totally triggering so I'd read the blurb before reading it. But for such a terrible subject matter it was so beautifully and delicately written. By the time I was contemplating if I could read on I was already invested in finding out what happened to Emma in the end.
4* but gee, I cried like a baby.
I'm seeing it next month and have stage seats. Not quite sure what I'm letting myself in for - I'm only 6% into the book and have siatica so the seats were not a good choice for me.a polarising book here i know but the first reviews of the play version of a little life are interesting!
A Little Life: Critics split over James Norton's 'distressing' play
The West End adaptation of A Little Life divides critics, with reviews ranging from two to five stars.www.bbc.co.uk
i cannot imagine it being nearly four hours without an interval. how exhausted must james norton be at the end?! like the article points out, at least you could take a break from the relentless trauma of the book!
i would be intrigued to hear your thoughts!I'm seeing it next month and have stage seats. Not quite sure what I'm letting myself in for - I'm only 6% into the book and have siatica so the seats were not a good choice for me.
I've not read the article as it probably has spoilers and I'm doing my best to avoid until I've read more of the book.
ha, thank you! i am still enjoying it but the author definitely wants people to know she’s smart. i’m not into her need to explain all her references too (sadie’s ex gets described as looking like chris cornell, which is fine, but she writes it as “chris cornell, the lead singer of the grunge band soundgarden” and it bugged me )edit: as an update, enjoying tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow; it’s a genre of american lit-fic that i usually like (it’s very michael chabon!) it does occasionally applaud itself for its own cleverness but i’ll allow it.
@LaBlonde that is an excellent description of Tomorrow x 3. I'm almost certain that I mentioned the author's love of the thesaurus when we read it for the Book Club.
I've seen some bits about the triggers but just avoiding anything too detailed about the play.i would be intrigued to hear your thoughts!
if you don’t finish the book before you go, i would definitely try and read some trigger warnings online. they hopefully won’t be spoilery but will help you prepare yourself.
Oh I’d be so interested to know what you make of it! Hope your able to finish the book before the show, definitely took me a while to get through!I'm seeing it next month and have stage seats. Not quite sure what I'm letting myself in for - I'm only 6% into the book and have siatica so the seats were not a good choice for me.
I've not read the article as it probably has spoilers and I'm doing my best to avoid until I've read more of the book.