Comments on: The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield http://thebluestockings.com/2008/10/the-thirteenth-tale/ A Place for Readers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:03:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rose City Reader http://thebluestockings.com/2008/10/the-thirteenth-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-3911 Rose City Reader Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:13:57 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=588#comment-3911 It's on my TBR shelf. I am looking forward to it. It’s on my TBR shelf. I am looking forward to it.

]]> By: Teddy http://thebluestockings.com/2008/10/the-thirteenth-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-1262 Teddy Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:54:37 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=588#comment-1262 I think I'm about the last book blogger on the planet that hasn't read this book yet. Great review! I think I’m about the last book blogger on the planet that hasn’t read this book yet. Great review!

]]> By: Natasha @ Maw Books http://thebluestockings.com/2008/10/the-thirteenth-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 Natasha @ Maw Books Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:41:56 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=588#comment-1223 Good review Jessica. I enjoyed this book but I don't know if I would ever feel the need to read it again. Good review Jessica. I enjoyed this book but I don’t know if I would ever feel the need to read it again.

]]> By: Nymeth http://thebluestockings.com/2008/10/the-thirteenth-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-1213 Nymeth Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:39:27 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=588#comment-1213 I was going to say the exact same thing Fyrefly did! I figured that she was doing that intentionally, and that ultimately the reader couldn't know how much of Vida Winter's tale had been fictionalized - even if she was telling the truth at last. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed the book :) I was going to say the exact same thing Fyrefly did! I figured that she was doing that intentionally, and that ultimately the reader couldn’t know how much of Vida Winter’s tale had been fictionalized – even if she was telling the truth at last.

Anyway, I’m glad you enjoyed the book :)

]]> By: Fyrefly http://thebluestockings.com/2008/10/the-thirteenth-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-1204 Fyrefly Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:29:20 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=588#comment-1204 I listened to this over winter break a few years ago, and loved it - perfectly atmospheric to sit inside on a cold winter's day and knit. I think I rationalized the omniscient narrator problem by figuring that since Vida Winter is an author, and storyteller, and liar by trade, she wouldn't be satisfied telling her life's story and leaving holes limited by her own knowledge, so the parts she didn't actually know, she filled in. I listened to this over winter break a few years ago, and loved it – perfectly atmospheric to sit inside on a cold winter’s day and knit.

I think I rationalized the omniscient narrator problem by figuring that since Vida Winter is an author, and storyteller, and liar by trade, she wouldn’t be satisfied telling her life’s story and leaving holes limited by her own knowledge, so the parts she didn’t actually know, she filled in.

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