From: Bromann <bromannj>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 16:58:55 -0500 (CDT)

I tend to think like a young adult (or maybe younger) in that I read simply for pleasure and don't generally analyze what I read, which is why I have never responded before after subscribing for 2 years. I know a good book to recommend, and this is one. My reading habits are like many young people's, too, where I stop reading for awhile if I'm reading a book I dislike, yet find it hard to put down a book like Tenderness. I did not notice the incest until the end when I accidentally read someone's comment about it before I had finished the book, and I could see where you might get that idea. I also don't think many YA's will notice it either, if it is in fact true. I also felt very sympathetic for Eric. I wanted him to reform and I felt bad that he got punished for something he did not do. He did try to save Lori, and maybe that was what he needed to turn his life around. So Cormier must have succeeded in making Eric a sympathetic character, even if he did not try to, if some of us felt that way.

Sorry I didn't have very intelligent comments to make. I just wanted to participate this time.

Jennifer Bromann Head of Youth Services Prairie Trails Public Library Burbank, IL bromannj at sls.lib.il.us
Received on Fri 08 Aug 1997 04:58:55 PM CDT