"What I thought of The World According To Garp now that I've finally read it." - an opinion in D(ee) minor.
I don't read much mainstream fiction. I prefer to call them 'normal' books, actually. I read fantasy, not 'normal' books. There's quite a mindset adjustment necessary when I start to read one, therefore. The 'normal' novel has a different focus than fantasy, and probably all genre fiction. Genre fiction points the camera at the characters and their actions. 'Normal' fiction points it a bit higher than that.
I don't much like what's happening in Garp. It's sordid, it's mundane and, to me, a fan of crumbling empires and glorious political struggles, uninteresting. But the way the story was told, and the values woven into it, were more fascinating.
More than anything, I adored the concept of "The world according to...", which is just as well really, considering how I titled this blog. The concept seeems, well, real to me. How you see the world, how you live your life, what you observe, and in observing, cause to be true, what you leave behind.
And that's what it's all about.
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I have a confession to make. I just finished reading The World According to Garp. For the first time.
Yes, when I called my blog "The world according to carp", I was just being punny. I'd heard of the movie. And sitting there tapping my fingers on the a-f and j-; keys as I do while I'm waiting for inspiration to strike, it struck with this particular pun.
Now that I've read the book, I find I am very happy with my name of choice. Further evaluation of this after dinner.
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I had a lot to say, and then it all went away...
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