Comments on: Waiting http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/2012/11/23/waiting/ by Karyn Silverman and Sarah Couri Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:01:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Karyn Silverman http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/2012/11/23/waiting/#comment-10530 Karyn Silverman Sun, 25 Nov 2012 01:51:49 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/?p=1735#comment-10530 You are kinder than I would have been. I thought the religious elements were incredibly problematic -- religion is good? Or not? And they are deeply religious but then there is all this sex, and I found myself feeling like it was all very messagey, only I couldn't quite decode the message. Also, I have come to realize that I really detest the falsely prolonged reveal, where the narrator knows something and keeps it from the reader even though it doesn't make sense for the narrator to avoid thinking about it, so it's just an artificial way to heighten tension. You are kinder than I would have been. I thought the religious elements were incredibly problematic — religion is good? Or not? And they are deeply religious but then there is all this sex, and I found myself feeling like it was all very messagey, only I couldn’t quite decode the message.

Also, I have come to realize that I really detest the falsely prolonged reveal, where the narrator knows something and keeps it from the reader even though it doesn’t make sense for the narrator to avoid thinking about it, so it’s just an artificial way to heighten tension.

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