One Door Away From Heaven

External Since: Jan 25, 2005 Posts: 27

Spoilers ahead...

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Finished it last night. I enjoyed it, but with some reserves. I agree
with its message in spite of it being a tad too preachy. I'm all for love,
understanding and acceptance, but, unfortunately, we live in a world that
doesn't always follow those rules. I'm sure some try hard, as I do, but
acceading to this ultimate happiness for oneself and others is one heck of a
job. Just trying to get by day to day is hard enough... Where is "my"
canine when I need one.

Believe me, I'm all for Dean's narrative style, but I sometimes wish he
could be less wordy when he incorporates suspense. In ODAFH, for instance,
the last 100 pages needed to be tighter. I waited 580 pages for this
final showdown, it's time to accelerate the pace which, sadly, wasn't really
granted. Oh, it still worked, but less effectively.

I had a ball with all of his characters, once again. The one of Leilina
(sp?) especially. What a funny trooper. The one of Mickey sort of reminded
me of myself, which may explain my reservation about the novel's message.
Again, I'm not saying it's an uninspiring one. Au contraire. It as
important as anything out there, but a tough one nonetheless. How can
anyone really achieve this inner peace when violence (all forms) takes so
much center stage.

All in all, a very good book with a very important if a bit unrealistic
message. 4 stars.

Martin

External Since: Feb 17, 2005 Posts: 316

I can't have liked it all that much, because I can't remember a single thing
about this book. Might have to re-read this one too.

Snowman

"MB" <jacquesleroux_8.RemoveThis@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Spoilers ahead...
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> Finished it last night. I enjoyed it, but with some reserves. I agree
> with its message in spite of it being a tad too preachy. I'm all for
love,
> understanding and acceptance, but, unfortunately, we live in a world that
> doesn't always follow those rules. I'm sure some try hard, as I do, but
> acceading to this ultimate happiness for oneself and others is one heck of
a
> job. Just trying to get by day to day is hard enough... Where is "my"
> canine when I need one.
>
> Believe me, I'm all for Dean's narrative style, but I sometimes wish he
> could be less wordy when he incorporates suspense. In ODAFH, for
instance,
> the last 100 pages needed to be tighter. I waited 580 pages for this
> final showdown, it's time to accelerate the pace which, sadly, wasn't
really
> granted. Oh, it still worked, but less effectively.
>
> I had a ball with all of his characters, once again. The one of Leilina
> (sp?) especially. What a funny trooper. The one of Mickey sort of
reminded
> me of myself, which may explain my reservation about the novel's message.
> Again, I'm not saying it's an uninspiring one. Au contraire. It as
> important as anything out there, but a tough one nonetheless. How can
> anyone really achieve this inner peace when violence (all forms) takes so
> much center stage.
>
> All in all, a very good book with a very important if a bit unrealistic
> message. 4 stars.
>
> Martin
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