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[skimom2]

Please see the swedish original version! It is really worth the bother with subtitles (or do they dub movies still). It is better than the american remake (i think it is the remake you're referring to).

Mine has the dubbing instead of subtitles, and it's atrocious. Still a better movie than the American remake (though the remake isn't bad--I don't say that about too many remakes).

 

[80sFan]

Just created a new thread for I Let You Go

 

[danie]

Just created a new thread for I Let You Go

I still have about 100 pages to go!

 

[no bounce no play]

Please see the swedish original version! It is really worth the bother with subtitles (or do they dub movies still). It is better than the american remake (i think it is the remake you're referring to).

Yes, I was referring to the American remake of the original Swedish film I loved the American film probably because I havn't seen the original and can't compare them lol. I can probably handle subtitles, I have to watch the Capaldi episodes of Doctor Who with captions on. I prefer watching the actors' expressions while they're speaking instead of reading the dialog text though.

 

[80sFan]

I still have about 100 pages to go!

I've read three books since that one so I may have to go back and look things up to discuss.

 

[no bounce no play]

Just created a new thread for I Let You Go

Thank you!

I still have about 100 pages to go!

I also have about 100 pages to go, I took a break after finishing chapter 36.

 

[fljoe0]

Abandon - Blake Crouch

I just finished this and I liked it but not quite as much as the other books of his I have read. Blake did something interesting by telling two stories simultaneously, one set in 1893 and one set in 2009. The books starts off in 2009 with a group of people hiking into an old abandoned mining town in Colorado. In 1893, all of the residence of this town disappeared and it was a big mystery as to what happened to them. So, the book tells both stories alternating between 2009 and 1893. You get the adventure, thriller story of 2009 and the entire mystery of 1893. The problem I had with this book is that the 1893 story has a lot of characters and by alternating the story every few chapters, I struggled to remember the characters from 1893 when I switched back from 2009. After the half way point, it got easier but the back and forth made it hard. This is almost like two separate novels. If I ever read this again, I think I will read all of the 1893 story first in it's entirety and then the 2009 story. You can do this easily because each section is clearly marked 1893 or 2009.

 

[Walter Oobleck]

Abandon - Blake Crouch

I just finished this and I liked it but not quite as much as the other books of his I have read. Blake did something interesting by telling two stories simultaneously, one set in 1893 and one set in 2009. The books starts off in 2009 with a group of people hiking into an old abandoned mining town in Colorado. In 1893, all of the residence of this town disappeared and it was a big mystery as to what happened to them. So, the book tells both stories alternating between 2009 and 1893. You get the adventure, thriller story of 2009 and the entire mystery of 1893. The problem I had with this book is that the 1893 story has a lot of characters and by alternating the story every few chapters, I struggled to remember the characters from 1893 when I switched back from 2009. After the half way point, it got easier but the back and forth made it hard. This is almost like two separate novels. If I ever read this again, I think I will read all of the 1893 story first in it's entirety and then the 2009 story. You can do this easily because each section is clearly marked 1893 or 2009.

I enjoy stories like that and/or stories that tell more than one story. You'd think some writers/publishers/editors would get behind the idea of presenting a cast of characters, say like they did for...was it Under the Dome? I've seen that cast of characters a few other times, once, at the end of the story! Nice! Now they tell me! It was on the kindle and with the kindle fanning to the back pages isn't something one does, usually.

 

[Doc Creed]

Abandon - Blake Crouch

I just finished this and I liked it but not quite as much as the other books of his I have read. Blake did something interesting by telling two stories simultaneously, one set in 1893 and one set in 2009. The books starts off in 2009 with a group of people hiking into an old abandoned mining town in Colorado. In 1893, all of the residence of this town disappeared and it was a big mystery as to what happened to them. So, the book tells both stories alternating between 2009 and 1893. You get the adventure, thriller story of 2009 and the entire mystery of 1893. The problem I had with this book is that the 1893 story has a lot of characters and by alternating the story every few chapters, I struggled to remember the characters from 1893 when I switched back from 2009. After the half way point, it got easier but the back and forth made it hard. This is almost like two separate novels. If I ever read this again, I think I will read all of the 1893 story first in it's entirety and then the 2009 story. You can do this easily because each section is clearly marked 1893 or 2009.

I've read a few books that employed this technique. What usually ends up happening is the reader becomes more invested with one time period over another. I prefer books where time is fluid and even though different moments of a character's entire life are highlighted there is no time demarcation to jolt the reader out of the story. It has worked successfully in many novels but I'm usually torn and end up wishing that the author had streamlined it. Flashbacks, on the other hand, don't bother me as long as they're brief and either further define/sharpen our characters or propel plot forward. IT did this very well, to use King as an example.
I'm not necessarily speaking about books like Water for Elephants and The Green Mile. These novels use this technique sparingly as a spring board to tell the "real" story: something that's already happened. Then there are books like The Time Traveler's Wife and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe where the past and present seem to compliment each other. My conflict usually arises when reading books with two clearly divided narratives in two separate time periods...like the one you mention, FlowJoe.

 

[Kurben]

Yes, I was referring to the American remake of the original Swedish film I loved the American film probably because I havn't seen the original and can't compare them lol. I can probably handle subtitles, I have to watch the Capaldi episodes of Doctor Who with captions on. I prefer watching the actors' expressions while they're speaking instead of reading the dialog text though.

You can actually enjoy both. When I started watching foreign movies, like Star Wars, it was necessary. My english wasnt good enough. But with time you learn to enjoy both the actor and read the subtitles. Now I dont bother since my english is good now. I saw some dubbed movies and i Havent really seen one good dubbing of a movie. To dub a movie is like to amputate an unwilling body.

 

[Bardo]

Just finished Tailsman and Black House,
Currently reading short story "Lawnmower man" and others until I find my next book.

Anyone remember the movie?
Saw it at the drive-in many years ago and has nothing to do with this story

Ah! Thats why!
Writers:
Stephen King (title only), Brett Leonard (screenplay)

 

[fljoe0]

I enjoy stories like that and/or stories that tell more than one story. You'd think some writers/publishers/editors would get behind the idea of presenting a cast of characters, say like they did for...was it Under the Dome? I've seen that cast of characters a few other times, once, at the end of the story! Nice! Now they tell me! It was on the kindle and with the kindle fanning to the back pages isn't something one does, usually.

I've read a few books that employed this technique. What usually ends up happening is the reader becomes more invested with one time period over another. I prefer books where time is fluid and even though different moments of a character's entire life are highlighted there is no time demarcation to jolt the reader out of the story. It has worked successfully in many novels but I'm usually torn and end up wishing that the author had streamlined it. Flashbacks, on the other hand, don't bother me as long as they're brief and either further define/sharpen our characters or propel plot forward. IT did this very well, to use King as an example.
I'm not necessarily speaking about books like Water for Elephants and The Green Mile. These novels use this technique sparingly as a spring board to tell the "real" story: something that's already happened. Then there are books like The Time Traveler's Wife and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe where the past and present seem to compliment each other. My conflict usually arises when reading books with two clearly divided narratives in two separate time periods...like the one you mention, FlowJoe.

I like both stories in Abandon (and of course they tie together in the end) but I think the switching time periods happened too frequently. The 1893 story was about an entire town disappearing so there were quite a few characters to deal with and leaving 1893 every 30 pages or so made it a little hard to remember them when I came back. But, it is a good book and well worth reading. I think this is my 6th Blake Crouch book and I have liked them all.

 

[fljoe0]

You can actually enjoy both. When I started watching foreign movies, like Star Wars, it was necessary. My english wasnt good enough. But with time you learn to enjoy both the actor and read the subtitles. Now I dont bother since my english is good now. I saw some dubbed movies and i Havent really seen one good dubbing of a movie. To dub a movie is like to amputate an unwilling body.

I can't stand dubbing. I prefer subtitles too.

 

[danie]

I've read a few books that employed this technique. What usually ends up happening is the reader becomes more invested with one time period over another. I prefer books where time is fluid and even though different moments of a character's entire life are highlighted there is no time demarcation to jolt the reader out of the story. It has worked successfully in many novels but I'm usually torn and end up wishing that the author had streamlined it. Flashbacks, on the other hand, don't bother me as long as they're brief and either further define/sharpen our characters or propel plot forward. IT did this very well, to use King as an example.
I'm not necessarily speaking about books like Water for Elephants and The Green Mile. These novels use this technique sparingly as a spring board to tell the "real" story: something that's already happened. Then there are books like The Time Traveler's Wife and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe where the past and present seem to compliment each other. My conflict usually arises when reading books with two clearly divided narratives in two separate time periods...like the one you mention, FlowJoe.

Where the Light Remains is an excellent novel in which the story is divided into two different time periods. Really lovely book.

 

[Arcadevere]

i'm done to the "If you're reading this, it's too late" and it was a good and funny ending

Spoiler

altho i feel like the short Reunion of Luciano and Pietro was an internal drama (because they became mortal enemies already)

now on its book 3 "This book is not good for you"

and i'm trying to resume my challenge of reading some controversial and banned books (i'm trying to finish Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer thru e-book)

 

[Doc Creed]

Where the Light Remains is an excellent novel in which the story is divided into two different time periods. Really lovely book.

Okay, I'll add that to the Ivan Doig trilogy. Thanks.

 

[danie]

Just finished I Let You Go. Highly recommend; very twisty quick read.

 

[roseannebarr]

Need Help --

Taking a break from Gunslingers. Just finished #3 Should I read Insomnia? Tommyknockers? or IT? or Regulators? Those are the last 4 books besides Gunslingers left on my list. After that, I have to start over again.

 

[Kurben]

Need Help --

Taking a break from Gunslingers. Just finished #3 Should I read Insomnia? Tommyknockers? or IT? or Regulators? Those are the last 4 books besides Gunslingers left on my list. After that, I have to start over again.

IT is a masterpiece, the others are ok but far from masterpiece IMO. Regulators is a companion piece to Desperation. Can be confusing because partly the same names are participating but they are not really the same characters, more like actors doing two different parts in two different plays. It pays to be aware of this before you start reading. The two others are stand alone novels. So it depends on what you want. If you want the masterpiece now or later is up to you.

 

[MadBoJangles]

I finished Sacrament by Barker yesterday and am now making steady progress through Fevre Dream by George R R Martin.
Really really different to his Song of Fire and Ice series! So far, so good