Comments on: Dark Fiction: A Ladder to the Sky https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/dark-fiction-a-ladder-to-the-sky/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 13 May 2021 22:00:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/dark-fiction-a-ladder-to-the-sky/#comment-287635 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:37:34 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11850#comment-287635 In reply to janb37.

I’m totally in the outlier club on this one! Now that I’ve written my review I’ll give a listen to some of his interviews. I was intrigued by how/why he made the choices he did. You need to read Heart’s Invisible Furies! It’s such a delight.

]]> By: janb37 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/dark-fiction-a-ladder-to-the-sky/#comment-287628 Sun, 09 Dec 2018 06:46:54 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11850#comment-287628 Catherine, I really liked this one but I still haven’t read The Heart’s Invisible Furies (I know, I know…) so I had nothing to compare it to.

I did read an interview about this book where the author spoke about the attitudes of well established authors toward new writers…it was quite enlightening and I do think he wrote this book about certain “types”. I think there are, in his own words, nuggets of truth in the betrayals and backbiting in the literary world.

I do love an alternate opinion about a book and the conversations it leads to. I’m the one often in the outlier club, ha.

]]> By: susan https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/dark-fiction-a-ladder-to-the-sky/#comment-287627 Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:08:09 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11850#comment-287627 I guess I’m less inclined to read this now. I don’t know …. it got so much rave about it at first … but now I’m not sure I need to go there. When they hammer home the same points then it becomes too much. Have you seen the movie of The Wife yet? I might see it this weekend.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/dark-fiction-a-ladder-to-the-sky/#comment-287623 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:15:12 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11850#comment-287623 In reply to Kate W.

Definitely hold off on Ladder because the comparison between the two will be stark. Heart’s Invisible Furies is a stellar book- the kind that leaves you with a book hangover and Ladder is not the cure.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/dark-fiction-a-ladder-to-the-sky/#comment-287622 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:13:23 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11850#comment-287622 In reply to Sarah’s Book Shelves.

HA! That was me getting too much into my own head! But he’s so clever I thought it might be another fiction he wanted to create- possibly inserting his own life into the plot of a book.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/dark-fiction-a-ladder-to-the-sky/#comment-287621 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:11:29 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11850#comment-287621 In reply to Renee (Itsbooktalk).

I feel the same way. It’s not like I’m going to stop reading him- I love the way he writes! But this one just did not come together for me. The similarity to Unraveling Oliver really bothered me.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/dark-fiction-a-ladder-to-the-sky/#comment-287620 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:10:15 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11850#comment-287620 In reply to Susie | Novel Visits.

OMG, Susie! I hadn’t even thought about that. Now I’m going to obsess on what it means!

]]> By: Susie | Novel Visits https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/dark-fiction-a-ladder-to-the-sky/#comment-287619 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 14:13:53 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11850#comment-287619 Overall, I liked Ladder more than you did, but still I agree with every point you’ve made here. It was overwrought and the similarities to other books is something I hadn’t thought about on my own, but now??? Reading Ladder was enjoyable, but it was NOT a Heart’s experience!

It’s interesting that your three “dark” books this week were all written by men AND about men.

]]> By: Renee (Itsbooktalk) https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/dark-fiction-a-ladder-to-the-sky/#comment-287618 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 13:31:39 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11850#comment-287618 Catherine I’m with you on this one! I found this to be a barely average read for me. I had many issues with the plot, especially how it all came together in the end. What stayed consistent was his level of writing excellence, Boyne is one of the best writers out there in my opinion. Your meta thoughts on him are very interesting!

]]> By: Sarah's Book Shelves https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/dark-fiction-a-ladder-to-the-sky/#comment-287617 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 11:42:14 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11850#comment-287617 Ooooooh nooooooo. Interesting thought about Boyne possibly admitting something about himself, though?! I hadn’t thought of that…and his books do seem to be wildly different…although with a consistent writing style (at least the 2 I’ve read).

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