Comments on: Regeneration by Pat Barker http://www.blastedmembers.com/2008/05/28/regeneration-by-pat-barker/ Here you'll find author info, book reviews, book-related news and quality web links. Enjoy! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:44:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: karen bennett http://www.blastedmembers.com/2008/05/28/regeneration-by-pat-barker/#comment-4124 karen bennett Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:38:22 +0000 http://www.blastedmembers.com/?p=95#comment-4124 I thought I was missing a literary ppoint not enjoying the Pat Barker ones. Now I'm resigned to not being a literary person and simply enjoying a good yarn or a gently educational book (think Travels of a global t-shirt). Mind you I'll still give the reviewed ones a try. I thought I was missing a literary ppoint not enjoying the Pat Barker ones. Now I’m resigned to not being a literary person and simply enjoying a good yarn or a gently educational book (think Travels of a global t-shirt). Mind you I’ll still give the reviewed ones a try.

]]> By: Rob http://www.blastedmembers.com/2008/05/28/regeneration-by-pat-barker/#comment-4111 Rob Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:22:13 +0000 http://www.blastedmembers.com/?p=95#comment-4111 Don't worry. The mob is famous for making mistakes. Don’t worry. The mob is famous for making mistakes.

]]> By: blastedmembers.com http://www.blastedmembers.com/2008/05/28/regeneration-by-pat-barker/#comment-4107 blastedmembers.com Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:38:46 +0000 http://www.blastedmembers.com/?p=95#comment-4107 That's an odd little coincidence! Nice to hear I'm not alone on this. I must have checked out/sold thousands copies of these books back when they were winning all the prizes. It still makes me feel strange when everyone is saying how wonderful something is and I think it's rubbish. I feel like I'm being negative or crazy or I'm just wrong. Guess that's probably why I rant so much here. But I promise to write about some of the books I've loved recently, because there have been quite a few! That’s an odd little coincidence!

Nice to hear I’m not alone on this. I must have checked out/sold thousands copies of these books back when they were winning all the prizes. It still makes me feel strange when everyone is saying how wonderful something is and I think it’s rubbish. I feel like I’m being negative or crazy or I’m just wrong. Guess that’s probably why I rant so much here.

But I promise to write about some of the books I’ve loved recently, because there have been quite a few!

]]> By: Rob http://www.blastedmembers.com/2008/05/28/regeneration-by-pat-barker/#comment-4106 Rob Wed, 28 May 2008 19:48:28 +0000 http://www.blastedmembers.com/?p=95#comment-4106 Funnily enough, I read the Manning straight after the Barker too, and I liked it much more. The Pat Barker characters were far too two dimensional for me—they were like paper cut-outs on a stage. I assumed the moments of gore and "edginess" were a half-baked attempt to add some real humanity to the characters. Funnily enough, I read the Manning straight after the Barker too, and I liked it much more.

The Pat Barker characters were far too two dimensional for me—they were like paper cut-outs on a stage. I assumed the moments of gore and “edginess” were a half-baked attempt to add some real humanity to the characters.

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