Comments on: Jonathan Franzen, I’m not sure I get it https://iwilldare.com/2011/01/jonathan-franzen-im-not-sure-i-get-it/ A little bit of heaven & A whole lot of hell Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:28:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Dawn - She Is Too Fond of Books https://iwilldare.com/2011/01/jonathan-franzen-im-not-sure-i-get-it/#comment-27173 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:28:55 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=9817#comment-27173 I made it to page 217 … then I shut the book and walked away!

Instead of using the Facebook “it’s complicated” relationship metaphor, my blog post explains that were were dating (library book, not committed to purchasing FREEDOM)

http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/2010/12/16/book-review-freedom-by-jonathan-franzen-dnf/

]]> By: Jodi https://iwilldare.com/2011/01/jonathan-franzen-im-not-sure-i-get-it/#comment-27153 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:38:44 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=9817#comment-27153 In reply to Tyson Perna.

@Tyson Perna, I don’t think it’s like a “rule” or anything. It’s just something I think.

You often hear “writers have to make choices” and I think when books get really big and bloated writers aren’t making choices at all and instead throwing everything in there.

]]> By: Tyson Perna https://iwilldare.com/2011/01/jonathan-franzen-im-not-sure-i-get-it/#comment-27152 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:36:40 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=9817#comment-27152 “I?m a big fan of pompously pronouncing that an author has to earn every page after about 350”

I’ve never heard that before, but it’s something to ponder.

]]> By: theoncominghope https://iwilldare.com/2011/01/jonathan-franzen-im-not-sure-i-get-it/#comment-27134 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:04:42 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=9817#comment-27134 I’m right there with you! There were flashes of brilliance, but so much could have been edited out!

Nice to meet a kindred spirit 🙂

My thoughts are here:

http://theoncominghope.blogspot.com/2011/01/jonathan-franzen-freedom.html

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