tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post2256393024526652456..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: The Garden of Evening MistsJim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-61050148558931807412013-10-08T10:56:10.896+01:002013-10-08T10:56:10.896+01:00No, I agree with you there, David. I actually appr...No, I agree with you there, <b>David</b>. I actually appreciate authors who don’t feel the need to gather everyone into the drawing room at the end and tie everything up in a bow. That’s not what happens in real life. We get some facts and we extrapolate from there usually skewing them so they fit with how we would’ve liked things to pan out.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-69162486738369836262013-10-07T21:51:53.626+01:002013-10-07T21:51:53.626+01:00Thank you for this review.
I finished the book to...Thank you for this review.<br /><br />I finished the book tonight, and came online to find out more, as at the end I was a little uncertain as to whether I had missed some vital plot points.<br /><br />So I am relieved by your comment about there being many unanswered questions at the end. These would, I guess, include:<br /><br />+ why / how Aritomo disappeared<br /><br />+ the extent of his involvement with Golden Lily<br /><br />Would it be fair to say both these issues are left hanging in the air somewhat?David Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182166432508494710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-88908785906043431902013-03-04T07:52:52.419+00:002013-03-04T07:52:52.419+00:00You can let me know how you do, Davide. That’s wha...You can let me know how you do, <b>Davide</b>. That’s what I like about the Internet. You see a book your like, you buy it. In a bookshop there’re so many distractions. Seriously, how do you choose? Early on in our marriage Carrie gave me a £30 book token as a part of my birthday present and she went with me to Waterstones where she spent a miserable <i>x</i> number of hours watching me unable to choose what to buy. Eventually I came away with the hardback edition of <i>The Collected Sandman Covers, 1989-1997</i> (something I would never have bought for myself and so it fitted the bill) and probably something else—I can’t remember—but she learned her lesson after that because after leaving the shop I moaned about wasting my money on a book which although I loved would end up sitting on a shelf and never (or at least hardly ever) be looked at which is exactly what happened. I also recall in my teenage years going into John Smith’s, spending three hours there, and coming out empty-handed. Just couldn’t pick. John Smith’s is no longer there but I remember my first visit to it. I would’ve been about sixteen and this was the first <i>real</i> bookshop I’d ever been in—it’d five or six floors on nothing but books—imagine that!—and as I walked through the door the first word that came into my mind was: <i>Orgasmic!</i> It’s an Internet café now. I groan every time I pass it.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-64975400266014952542013-03-03T19:20:55.775+00:002013-03-03T19:20:55.775+00:00This is the first book I will buy when I go to Eng...This is the first book I will buy when I go to England at Easter. Thanks for the review.Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-76528891329393222013-03-03T16:48:50.380+00:002013-03-03T16:48:50.380+00:00Well, I’m glad you appreciated it, Dave. I know a ...Well, I’m glad you appreciated it, <b>Dave</b>. I know a lot of people rush around trying to read all the books on the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize but I’ve never been one of them. God alone knows why this one called out but it did. I’ve been reading a lot about memory loss of late, specifically Alzheimer’s. I’m calling it research but I’m not sure it’s helping. If that aspect is what’s piqued your interest in this book then you might like to have a look for Thomas DeBaggio’s <i>Losing My Mind</i> where we have an actual Alzheimer’s patient tracking his changes and looking back on his past. I’ve just started his second book, <i>When it Gets Dark</i>, which covers a lot of the same biographical material so I’m not enjoying that part as much but I’m not going to judge a book after a couple of dozen pages. This second book is chronological which the first wasn’t and although that made it a harder read—and by that I mean it took you a lot longer to form a picture of the man and his life—it also presented as realistic as he could make it a record of what he was going through, at least that was his aim.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-67101105141806925442013-03-03T14:05:43.832+00:002013-03-03T14:05:43.832+00:00Hi Jim,
Thanks for reviewing this one. I had this ...Hi Jim,<br />Thanks for reviewing this one. I had this book on my "To Get" list since it was published, but was never completely sure of it. This is the most comprehensive review I have read, and now I am sure. I must read it. So many thanks.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.com