tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post112542078430463897..comments2023-11-30T02:30:42.825-08:00Comments on E a r t h G o a t: "The View from Castle Rock" by Alice MunroGrendelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-1125458216061645002005-08-30T20:16:00.000-07:002005-08-30T20:16:00.000-07:00I am a huge devotee of Alice Munro, but something ...I am a huge devotee of Alice Munro, but something about this story put me off. The length, the opening paragraph...I'm not sure what. I opened the magazine several days in a row intending to tackle it, but ended up reading everything in the issue BUT Munro. <BR/><BR/>And thanks to your review, I don't even feel guilty.<BR/><BR/>That's an impressive summer reading list btw.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-1125435876885903632005-08-30T14:04:00.000-07:002005-08-30T14:04:00.000-07:00i agreemunro always seems 'fairly boring' to mei c...i agree<BR/><BR/>munro always seems 'fairly boring' to me<BR/><BR/>i can understand why people might love her, though<BR/><BR/>there's something neutral and unassuming about her stories, like a blankness, almost<BR/><BR/>so that you can almost fill in your own emotions, which you will do if you <EM>really</EM> want to like her storiesTao Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.com