Comments on: The Portable Veblen https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/02/the-portable-veblen/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 03 Nov 2022 00:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Suba https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/02/the-portable-veblen/#comment-292140 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 00:53:22 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=5918#comment-292140 In reply to tanya (52 books or bust).

Totally agreed with the review. And I didn’t finish the book either, Tanya

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/02/the-portable-veblen/#comment-248680 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 18:39:07 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=5918#comment-248680 In reply to tanya (52 books or bust).

Good for you- I don’t know what perverse sense made me stick with it. It just got more and more out of control and not in a good way.

]]> By: tanya (52 books or bust) https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/02/the-portable-veblen/#comment-248663 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:42:27 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=5918#comment-248663 I must admit that i didn’t finish this book. There were parts I adored – notably not the squirrel – but ultimately it just didn’t work for me.

]]> By: Lynn @ Smoke & Mirrors https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/02/the-portable-veblen/#comment-248562 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 00:36:17 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=5918#comment-248562 Hadn’t heard if this one and it definitely doesn’t seem like something in which I would have been interested. Nice review.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/02/the-portable-veblen/#comment-248533 Sat, 06 Feb 2016 20:52:34 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=5918#comment-248533 In reply to Lauren.

I get that and Kate’s comment is spot-on. This is not a ‘meh’ book- you’ll either love it or it will be too over-the-top for you as it was me. Regardless, McKenzie’s writing is good.

Stop back after you read it so I can hear which camp you feel into!

]]> By: Lauren https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/02/the-portable-veblen/#comment-248495 Sat, 06 Feb 2016 04:28:13 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=5918#comment-248495 I was really looking forward to this one. Then I read your review and thought, huh, maybe not. Then I read Kate’s comment and I’m back to looking forward to it. Maybe it’s my contrarian nature, but I think I’m attracted to a polarizing book. Plus, I’m already in the library wait list, too late to turn back now!

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/02/the-portable-veblen/#comment-248487 Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:55:41 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=5918#comment-248487 In reply to Kate @ booksaremyfavouriteandbest.

I agree completely about McKenzie’s language- I am definitely looking forward to what she does next. And I guess I’m lucky that I’ve never even met someone like Veblen’s mother. Ugh!

]]> By: Kate @ booksaremyfavouriteandbest https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/02/the-portable-veblen/#comment-248486 Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:36:23 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=5918#comment-248486 I LOVED this book (for all the reasons you mentioned!) and when I read it I thought to myself that it’s going to get either one star or five star reviews but probably nothing in-between! Honestly, I would probably prefer to read a book that divides opinion to extremes rather than one that everyone says “Yeah, it was fine. Three stars.”

What won me over with this book was McKenzie’s language – truly unique. And while the characters may seem somewhat far-fetched I felt that Veblen’s mother was so accurate it was scary (I know someone with Borderline Personality and reading some of the dialogue between Veblen and Melanie was eerie).

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