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From: Willingboro Public Library <wipl>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:33:25 -0800
Kids are terribly literal and can become quite upset if a book is not what it appears to be. I have had innumerable teens get angry when told that Miss Jane Pittman was not a real person. But it SAYS autobiography, they insist. It seems that Dear America skates perilously close to this.
Is everyone afraid to discuss Forged by Fire, too? Okay, I'll start. This was a big disappointment. It simply is not well written. The characters are one-dimensional, the point of view shifts ragged and Draper violates the basic rule of "show, not tell" on literally every page.
Christine M. Hill Willingboro Public Library One Salem Road Willingboro, NJ 08046
Received on Mon 23 Feb 1998 05:33:25 PM CST
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:33:25 -0800
Kids are terribly literal and can become quite upset if a book is not what it appears to be. I have had innumerable teens get angry when told that Miss Jane Pittman was not a real person. But it SAYS autobiography, they insist. It seems that Dear America skates perilously close to this.
Is everyone afraid to discuss Forged by Fire, too? Okay, I'll start. This was a big disappointment. It simply is not well written. The characters are one-dimensional, the point of view shifts ragged and Draper violates the basic rule of "show, not tell" on literally every page.
Christine M. Hill Willingboro Public Library One Salem Road Willingboro, NJ 08046
Received on Mon 23 Feb 1998 05:33:25 PM CST
