tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post1751658810031691181..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Literary AmbiguityJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-5984489122107789192013-11-19T15:35:35.040-05:002013-11-19T15:35:35.040-05:00Sheila, it takes a brave writer to trust the reade...Sheila, it takes a brave writer to trust the readers' intelligence well enough to make this work.<br /><br />Liz, that's why I'm not naming this book. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who might pick it up. But I'm sending out mental waves, with the name and author, because I think it's well worth reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-70273560987936905402013-11-19T08:55:19.479-05:002013-11-19T08:55:19.479-05:00Fantastic photo, Sharon. And sounds like your book...Fantastic photo, Sharon. And sounds like your book fell into the "unreliable narrator" category. There have been some wonderful mysteries that used this device, starting with Agatha Christie, but they're almost impossible to talk about, because the second you say, "This book has an unreliable narrator," you've committed a major spoiler and squashed that sense of Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-78188097000306653892013-11-19T07:45:25.526-05:002013-11-19T07:45:25.526-05:00It takes both an intelligent writer and an intelli...It takes both an intelligent writer and an intelligent reader to make this kind of ambiguity work well.<br /><br />I think the enduring popularity of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl speaks to the same question (and there are readers who love the book and equal numbers who hate it).Sheila Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.com