Comments on: A Mercy

By: Saturday Review of Books: January 24, 2009 at Semicolon

Saturday Review of Books: January 24, 2009 at Semicolon — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:37:24 +0000

[...] Carrie, RtK (Family Shoes)6. Semicolon (The Disreputable History of Frankie-Landau Banks)7. 5M4B (A Mercy)8. 5M4B (The Strictest School in the World series)9. 5M4B (The Little Giant of Aberdeen County)10. [...]

By: drey

drey — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:22:28 +0000

I almost picked this up last year, but it’s now on my library list. Thank you for reading & reviewing it. =)

By: Olga

Olga — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:42:24 +0000

Toni Morrison is definitely hard to read. I read Beloved several years ago, yet I feel like I haven’t read it at all, because it was so hard. I believe it was a little too hard for my age at the time. It’s nice to see that I’m not the only one who has had trouble reading her stuff, though. The book sounds very interesting. Perhaps I’ll give her another try with A Mercy.

By: Samara

Samara — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:31:55 +0000

This book is in my TBR pile next to my bed. Sounds like it will be a good read. The synopsis in the catalog caught me but your review has really clinched it for me. I like a challenge and books with ‘character’. Hehheh!

By: Margot

Margot — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:37:44 +0000

Thank you for your honest assessment of this book. I’ve noticed it on the bestseller lists also and put a request in at the library for the audiobook. It’s good to have a heads up about the first few chapters before I begin.

By: Alyce

Alyce — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:38:58 +0000

I haven’t read this book yet, but I have definitely had those moments of “what in the world did I just read” while reading some books (One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez would top that list.)

A Mercy sounds like it would be a good read though.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:34:33 +0000

I am definitely looking forward to this one– the media buzz about it put it on my TBR list. I am somewhat embarrased to say that I’ve never read anything by Toni Morrison, so I’m feeling that I need to rectify that soon.