Comments on: it’s so weird to be back here

By: Cookie

Cookie — Thu, 03 Oct 2002 15:13:50 +0000

Re: how is SPELLING MISSISSIPPI? I just did an Internet search for this title because all I could find was glowing (though edited) newspaper reviews at amazon.com and I didn’t agree with those. The novel has interesting characters, but their situation topples over after being loaded down by coincidence after coincidence. (You lost your mother?? I lost my father!! You’re a repressed lesbian?? I’m a repressed lesbian!! etc. etc.) Also, the story swerves into being a love story in the second half, which was way too late for me. It’s almost as if the writer felt self -concious about introducing it. Some of the book is great, (such as the flashbacks to Italy and the New Orleans atmasphere), but the contrived plot becomes very annoying. The other thing that bugged me was that the three main characters were all eaten up with despair and a desire for change…but we follow them through the whole book as they stagger from bar to bar getting plastered. It’s like, “You want change, sister?? Try a cup of coffee, for God’s sake!!”

By: Linsey

Linsey — Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:03:08 +0000

how is the novel, spelling mississippi?

By: jodi

jodi — Sat, 13 Apr 2002 03:09:32 +0000

two recommendations, that’s all i need!

By: joots

joots — Sat, 13 Apr 2002 02:44:10 +0000

*rubs her eyes in disbelief*

whadda, whadda??? i’m reading marnie’s first novel, Spelling Mississippi!!!! we’ve been corresponding for a few months now…weird….

that is all.

By: Linsey

Linsey — Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:00:13 +0000

she also wrote “In the Spice House” which is great, as well…and easier to get. FYI. 🙂