tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551454373037215034.post3699482635199873509..comments2011-12-30T13:20:17.285-08:00Comments on Ranting, Raving, Writing: Trouble at the EndMegan Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03412680171798280709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551454373037215034.post-31915919086611035252010-09-27T09:42:44.525-07:002010-09-27T09:42:44.525-07:00Hi Michael -
Thanks for the comment. Just to cl...Hi Michael - <br /><br />Thanks for the comment. Just to clarify, I'm not boycotting Boyette in general, I just have no desire to read Elegy Beach. The ending to Ariel was too much of a downer for me personally. I'm sure he is a more mature writer, thirty years will do that to a person, and maybe the sequel would change my opinion of the story, but life is too short to read books that don't interest me. My to-be-read list is about thirty books deep. <br /><br />So I'm still going to pass on Elegy Beach, but I'm also glad you liked it! It's good to hear that a book is appreciated, even if it's not appreciated by me. The more readers there are in the world, the bigger and more diverse the market, and the better those books will be. <br /><br />~ MeganMegan Haskellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412680171798280709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551454373037215034.post-80110143994659158062010-09-25T14:37:47.386-07:002010-09-25T14:37:47.386-07:00It seems kind of short-sighted of you to boycott B...It seems kind of short-sighted of you to boycott Boyette because you didn't like the ending to the novel he wrote in 1980 when he was 19 years old. He devotes some space to the ending in the new afterward to the reissue of ARIEL and talks about it's flaws.<br /><br />He also more than makes up for the ending of ARIEL with the ending of ELEGY BEACH--one of the best endings ever. I think if you liked ARIEL you should give it a chance. He's older and more mature now, and a LOT better writer. Just MHO.Michael Zavisnoreply@blogger.com