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From: Nina Lindsay <linds_na>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:03:34 -0800 (PST)
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 NMercado at Scholastic.com wrote:
I have to sadly agree with most of this analysis. I was also looking forward to CRUSADER, but was disappointed in the ending. I actually felt that Bloor did an excellent job of maintaining so many threads, and was willing and entralled, until the end descended into melodrama and I lost sympathy for the protagonist. I imagine that the book will still have success with teen audiences, because of the issues it raises and its realistically complicated characters. When TANGERINE came out I said to myself (and others) "watch out for Bloor!" Well, I'm still watching...
Nina
Nina Lindsay, Children's Librarian Melrose Branch, Oakland Public Library 4805 Foothill Boulevard Oakland, CA 94601
(510)535V23 linds_na at oak2.ci.oakland.ca.us
Received on Wed 15 Dec 1999 01:03:34 PM CST
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:03:34 -0800 (PST)
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 NMercado at Scholastic.com wrote:
I have to sadly agree with most of this analysis. I was also looking forward to CRUSADER, but was disappointed in the ending. I actually felt that Bloor did an excellent job of maintaining so many threads, and was willing and entralled, until the end descended into melodrama and I lost sympathy for the protagonist. I imagine that the book will still have success with teen audiences, because of the issues it raises and its realistically complicated characters. When TANGERINE came out I said to myself (and others) "watch out for Bloor!" Well, I'm still watching...
Nina
Nina Lindsay, Children's Librarian Melrose Branch, Oakland Public Library 4805 Foothill Boulevard Oakland, CA 94601
(510)535V23 linds_na at oak2.ci.oakland.ca.us
Received on Wed 15 Dec 1999 01:03:34 PM CST
