Erik Tsao wrote:
>
> >Has anyone read Elizabeth Hand's _Awaken the Moon_ (recently published by
> >Harper in mass market paper)? I just finished it and passed it on to a
> >friend. Thoughts on the book?
Janice E. Dawley wrote:>
> I believe you mean _Waking the Moon_. I read it last summer and was quite
> disappointed. I absolutely loved Hand's earlier novel _Winterlong_, and was
> hoping for something as good -- instead I found a heavy-handed (and much
> too lengthy) saga whose earthshaking insight was that women can be really
> evil. The faces of Kali, Othiym, whatever -- how new is it to symbolize
> women as either devourers or saints? I kept hoping that she would attempt
> to stretch the boundaries of gender definitions and portray something new,
> but my persistence was not rewarded. Frankly, I was amazed that this novel
> won the Tiptree award. Anyone have insight as to why? Or can anyone show me
> how I'm wrong in my reading of the novel?
>
> -- Janice
I'd like to say that I felt the same about _Waking the Moon_. Although
I felt it did have sort of an "Ann Rice" feel to it. I felt that her
descriptions were often too "halucinogenic" (sp?) to be easily
followed. Anyway, her newest book, _Glimmering_ is even worse. It does
not deliver what is promised in the jacket synopsis. And meanders for
over 400 pages about a disaster that happened to the sky and the
breakdown of society as we know it in a "William Gibsonish" manner.
Extremely disappointing. Anyone read it? Any thoughts?
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