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2006-04-15 - 3:04 p.m. Flying Kites... Quote: On 04/04/06...11:22 PM Clay Aiken said... The shortest book report I've ever written! I know the lady I was sitting next to on the plane the other day must have thought I was crazy, because I kept yelling at the book and turning my head away from it like it was talking back to me! If you're a big reader...even if you're not... I strongly reccommend this one. It's very powerful. c Current mood: Happy
Oops I don't think I was suppose to quote this here, was I? *keeps the really good stuff... confidential*
I loved this book!
But it's not a book I would have EVER picked up and said to myself "Wow, this looks like a really great read." Not in a million years!... so I am so grateful to have had a little nudging. Because it was truly one of the best books I've ever read. He didn't steer us wrong on that one.
And here I am, sitting in my safe and sheltered world reading this thing and weeping. Where he (Clay) has been a witness to the wake of some pretty unspeakable atrocities in the past year or so.. and plus he's going through what must be a fairly emotional crisis of his own right now. And so for those of you who've said, it was hard to separate yourself from the book and the fact that he'd asked us to read it (sort of)... I couldn't agree with you more. I DID wonder WHO he related too and WHICH parts of the book really touched him, and WHY, when he only blogs occasionally he would have used one of those few opportunities to have shared this book with us? I think there was MUCH in there that he related to. And I have to admit that it was in the back of my mind pretty much the whole time I was reading. In truth, I do not believe he has exorcised all of those demons in his closet that he wants us to believe he has and I swear, every time I turned a page I somehow related it back to what button that might have pushed in him. But I think I'm gonna keep the rest of my thoughts about THAT to myself... for the time being anyway.
But this isn't about him, is it? ...
I took a writing class a few years ago and this is the first time since that these terms have come floating back to my mind. Exposition, foreshadowing, flashback, complication, suspense, crisis, protagonist, antagonist, climax, epiphany, denouement... ha. I feel that in reading this book those terms suddenly all made sense to me. Clay is forever the teacher.
I loaned my copy to a friend at work so I can't quote it exactly.. but for me I think the whole idea of the book was summed up in just one small paragraph. The epiphany if you will. And that was...
It was a beautifully written story. He is such a talented writer. For all the pain and conflict in it, it still read like a lullaby so much of the time to me.
I miss Hassan so much and I keep thinking there must be some way to bring him back. Kind of like Clay.
Which brings me to one last thought... How many times did you see the word �clay� in the story... and your eyes got stuck?
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