Comments on: Unless by Carol Shields

By: Rick Schaunaman

Rick Schaunaman — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:47:08 +0000

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By: elizaveta.brown

elizaveta.brown — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:39:17 +0000

Your review is great as well as the quotes you provide here. This book really seems to be worth reading. You’ve done a good job!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:14:01 +0000

I love Carol Shields and have read all of her novels. I was crushed when she passed away. I have a large volume of her short stories that I am holding off on. Although I find some of her endings unsatisfactory, I think her work in general is amazing.

By: Pam @ iwriteinbooks

Pam @ iwriteinbooks — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:47:45 +0000

Wow. I keep passing her by but apparently I need to stop doing that! thanks for such a wonderful, quote heavy review.

By: Sheila DeChantal

Sheila DeChantal — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:36:21 +0000

What a different sounding book – but your review makes it sound so wonderful.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:43:46 +0000

I actually plan to read both “The Stone Diaries” and “Unless.” (“The Stone Diaries” is a requirement because I intend to finish all of the fiction Pulitzers.) Thank you for the review! I definitely look forward to reading both of them now!

I suppose I could start “The Stone Diaries”…it is on my shelf.

By: Veens

Veens — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:17:28 +0000

the other day i was in the bookstore and I saw The Stone Diaries

I should have picked it up.

this is one author i need to read !

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:12:21 +0000

Hmm. I have this book. It’s been sitting on my bookshelf for ages. I can’t remember how I acquired it and maybe I haven’t read it because I didn’t really know what it is about. Now it sounds kind of interesting.. thanks for the review.

By: Bookfool, aka Nancy

Bookfool, aka Nancy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:37:13 +0000

I didn’t make it through The Stone Diaries, but even while I was reading it and realizing it wasn’t the right book for the moment, I was also very well aware that Carol Shields was one amazing writer. I’ll have to give her a second try.

By: Tricia Woods

Tricia Woods — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:24:14 +0000

I read this book quite a while ago and was captivated by it. If I remember correctly, Norah helped up a sign with the single word “Goodness” when she was on the street (referred to in your first quote).

I thought that this was really poignant because at the time that I read the novel, the CBC was hosting a nationwide vote for “The Greatest Canadian” and most of the nominees were men. I remember thinking throughout the novel, that I would rather be good than great – but many people see “goodness” as a weakness rather than a strength.

This novel raised so many questions for me – What does it mean to be a woman, what makes a person strong, what is goodness?

Thanks for reviewing this and reminding me of it – it definitely deserves a second read.

By: Amy Reads Good Books

Amy Reads Good Books — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:18:30 +0000

I loved The Stone Diaries as well. Thanks for the review. . .I’ll put this in my TBR pile!

By: booklogged

booklogged — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:56:18 +0000

Another author I haven’t read but would like to. This was a wonderful review.

By: Kailana

Kailana — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:36:54 +0000

I love Carol Shields. I was so sad when she died. No more good books. This one was good, though, I read it back when it first came out.

By: uncertainprinciples

uncertainprinciples — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:25:33 +0000

This sounds like a really different and interesting premise for a book. Haven’t read anything by Shields either, but after this review, I’m tempted to give this one ago.

Thanks for the review.

By: mariel

mariel — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:55:31 +0000

I have not read Carol Shields either, but this book sounds really good. Thanks for the review.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:42:45 +0000

I haven’t read any of Carol Shields yet but your review is enough to make me add this particular work to my TBR pile.