Comments on: Foe: A Novel by Iain Reid https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/foe-iain-reid/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Tue, 11 Sep 2018 22:00:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: susan https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/foe-iain-reid/#comment-287403 Tue, 11 Sep 2018 22:00:43 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11444#comment-287403 Wow you sold me on this one. I’ll have to check it out. thx for the tip. both his debut and this one are now on my list.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/foe-iain-reid/#comment-287399 Mon, 10 Sep 2018 03:48:31 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11444#comment-287399 In reply to Renee (Itsbooktalk).

I think you and your book club would like it because, really, the sci-fi is somewhat subtle. It’s about technology that we’re all aware of so doesn’t seem that far out there. And their lives are very basic- he works in a grain mill. The fact that it is all so basic is one of the things that makes it so creepy!

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/foe-iain-reid/#comment-287398 Mon, 10 Sep 2018 03:46:22 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11444#comment-287398 In reply to mrshallbergAndrea.

It is such a quick read, you should try it. I love that he went far beyond the creepy sci-fi, dystopic feeling into the very real aspects of marriage.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/foe-iain-reid/#comment-287397 Mon, 10 Sep 2018 03:45:09 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11444#comment-287397 In reply to Susie | Novel Visits.

You’re the second person to recommend his debut so I’ll make sure to read it when I hit backlist books towards the end of the year!

I definitely think his stylistic choices were clues in the novel. Which made me love it even more when I first noticed it!

]]> By: Renee (Itsbooktalk) https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/foe-iain-reid/#comment-287396 Sat, 08 Sep 2018 12:47:17 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11444#comment-287396 I wasn’t as interested in the science fiction aspect of this but I like what you said about the marriage angle and the subtle tension. I’ve got this on my library holds list so I’ll be sure to suggest it for my book club

]]> By: mrshallbergAndrea https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/foe-iain-reid/#comment-287395 Sat, 08 Sep 2018 06:54:45 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11444#comment-287395 Ooooh! This sounds really intriguing- I hadn’t heard about it, thanks for the heads up!

]]> By: Susie | Novel Visits https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/foe-iain-reid/#comment-287394 Sat, 08 Sep 2018 04:52:12 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11444#comment-287394 I JUST finished, Foe and had to come read your review. I agree with Sarah that you nailed it! Though I actually liked I’m Thinking of Ending Things more, I thought Foe was a really interesting/creepy story on so many levels. I was also fascinated with the writing. Did you notice how he switched up the way he was using quotation marks at the very end (at Terrance’s final visit)? It made me think that perhaps the real Hen had been replaced.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/foe-iain-reid/#comment-287393 Sat, 08 Sep 2018 02:16:40 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11444#comment-287393 In reply to Lauren.

We are indeed. If only from the sheer number of words we’ve processed through our brains since starting our blogs. I’m sure by November I’ll be ready for full on creep mode, although I’m getting f’ing creep overload from this SCOTUS nominee. Sigh.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/foe-iain-reid/#comment-287392 Sat, 08 Sep 2018 02:13:29 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11444#comment-287392 In reply to Sarah’s Book Shelves.

Right?! I think that aspect is what tipped it over the top- from good to great- for me.

]]> By: Amanda https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/foe-iain-reid/#comment-287391 Fri, 07 Sep 2018 19:06:51 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11444#comment-287391 Oh I’m so curious. I hate picking new releases for book club because we all try to library but you’re really tempting me.

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