tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post2954554814632024483..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Friday's Forgotten Books: Naomi's Room by Jonathan AycliffeLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-82135042081819171642012-08-20T10:15:29.143-04:002012-08-20T10:15:29.143-04:00Hello, and thanks for stopping by!
Part of my di...Hello, and thanks for stopping by! <br /><br />Part of my disappointment with the book was that I was expecting an ending in the vein of M.R. James. After all, the rest of the story read a lot like him. But the violence and the rape really turned me off. I don't like that in my fiction.<br /><br />Still, <i>The Matrix</i> sounds interesting! Might have to check it out.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-71796169306613255162012-08-19T10:19:52.976-04:002012-08-19T10:19:52.976-04:00*Spoilers* In a way, the story went the only way i...*Spoilers* In a way, the story went the only way it could – it's a story of possession above all. I was interested in the family connection – Liddley could only act through people connected to him – though it seems the connection didn't have to be a blood tie (no pun intended).<br /><br />I have just finished the novel and spent some time flicking back through it to find out if there was a connection between Liddley/Hillenbrand and the name "De La Mere" (the actual killer). I couldn't find it. To save reading it all again, can anyone shed light on this?<br /><br />All in all, though, a chilling read. I also liked Aycliffe's "The Matrix" - a poor title (and no relation to the movie), but a decent, creepy horror...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-10951900416790907302010-03-22T07:59:10.803-04:002010-03-22T07:59:10.803-04:00Alas, I can't really recommend the book, Donna...Alas, I can't really recommend the book, Donna. The ending is, well, really gross. What comes before is <i>great</i>, but the ending really spoiled it for me.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-42386163853800327272010-03-21T21:44:44.575-04:002010-03-21T21:44:44.575-04:00I am intrigued by your review. Was it a good book...I am intrigued by your review. Was it a good book; worth reading up to the point where he goes for the gore.<br /><br />I love the Bomb Theory. It probably only works in a mystery though.<br /><br />.......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-31814226599122603682010-03-21T16:23:52.464-04:002010-03-21T16:23:52.464-04:00No, that isn't quite it, although his hands ar...No, that isn't quite it, although his hands are hardly clean by the end. Naomi's murder is only tangentially related to the ultimate conflict, another odd point.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-75452746450751067822010-03-21T02:16:32.299-04:002010-03-21T02:16:32.299-04:00They always go for the gore, don't they?
So m...They always go for the gore, don't they?<br /><br />So my first thought was that the main character is the one who killed Naomi because of badly-researched crazypants. Am I close? Or have I been reading too many Critters submissions?Scattercathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302815654553659644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-66396101025251222172010-03-19T18:24:41.699-04:002010-03-19T18:24:41.699-04:00It's a fascinating idea. Here's the bit fr...It's a fascinating idea. Here's the bit from the link:<br /><br /><i><b>Hitchcock</b>: There is a distinct difference between "suspense" and "surprise," and yet many pictures continually confuse the two. I'll explain what I mean.<br /><br />We are now having a very innocent little chat. Let's suppose that there is a bomb underneath this table between us. Nothing happens, and then all of a sudden, "Boom!" There is an explosion. The public is surprised, but prior to this surprise, it has seen an absolutely ordinary scene, of no special consequence. Now, let us take a suspense situation. The bomb is underneath the table and the public knows it, probably because they have seen the anarchist place it there. The public is aware the bomb is going to explode at one o'clock and there is a clock in the decor. The public can see that it is a quarter to one. In these conditions, the same innocuous conversation becomes fascinating because the public is participating in the scene. The audience is longing to warn the characters on the screen: "You shouldn't be talking about such trivial matters. There is a bomb beneath you and it is about to explode!"<br /><br />In the first case we have given the public fifteen seconds of surprise at the moment of the explosion. In the second we have provided them with fifteen minutes of suspense. The conclusion is that whenever possible the public must be informed. Except when the surprise is a twist, that is, when the unexpected ending is, in itself, the highlight of the story.</i>Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-34594837952884553852010-03-19T11:58:13.670-04:002010-03-19T11:58:13.670-04:00Hitchcock's bomb theory, eh? I'll have to ...Hitchcock's bomb theory, eh? I'll have to check that out.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.com