Comments on: Review – Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson http://regularrumination.com/2009/12/07/review-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness... - Madeleine L'Engle Wed, 22 May 2013 17:36:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Looking Back at 2009 « Regular Rumination http://regularrumination.com/2009/12/07/review-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson/#comment-1816 Looking Back at 2009 « Regular Rumination Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:27:53 +0000 http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/?p=1517#comment-1816 [...] John Green, Patrick Ness, Justine Larbalestier, Suzanne Collins, If I Stay by Gayle Forman, and Wintergirls by Laurie Halse [...]

]]> By: chasing bawa http://regularrumination.com/2009/12/07/review-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson/#comment-1815 chasing bawa Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:22:27 +0000 http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/?p=1517#comment-1815 This novel sounds like something you can’t read lightly, yet the samples of Anderson’s prose you quoted in your review are just so beautiful. I haven’t read any of Anderson’s books but I’m sure to check her out in the future.

]]> By: Meg http://regularrumination.com/2009/12/07/review-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson/#comment-1814 Meg Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:07:52 +0000 http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/?p=1517#comment-1814 I’m such a fan of Anderson and still haven’t recovered from reading her novels Twisted and Catalyst earlier this year! I have Wintergirls sitting on my shelf but have been a little bit afraid to read it, honestly… her novels are so powerful! I love the quotes you pulled, though, and think it’s time I caved and got to it.

]]> By: Lu http://regularrumination.com/2009/12/07/review-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson/#comment-1813 Lu Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:23:40 +0000 http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/?p=1517#comment-1813 Daphne: I really think you’d like it!

]]> By: Lu http://regularrumination.com/2009/12/07/review-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson/#comment-1812 Lu Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:23:28 +0000 http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/?p=1517#comment-1812 Jason: Ugly but beautiful is the perfect way to describe this book. That’s really what it is. There is no idealization here (unless it’s in Lia’s head) nor is there any glamorization. For me, it was almost too easy to understand Lia and what she was thinking.

]]> By: Lu http://regularrumination.com/2009/12/07/review-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson/#comment-1811 Lu Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:20:38 +0000 http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/?p=1517#comment-1811 EL Fay: Yup, they repeat that one a couple of times. It’s very powerful.

]]> By: Lu http://regularrumination.com/2009/12/07/review-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson/#comment-1810 Lu Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:20:01 +0000 http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/?p=1517#comment-1810 Amanda: It is an easy book to get queasy at, but the prose is so beautiful!

]]> By: Lu http://regularrumination.com/2009/12/07/review-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson/#comment-1809 Lu Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:19:26 +0000 http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/?p=1517#comment-1809 Care:

I hope you love it!

]]> By: Daphne http://regularrumination.com/2009/12/07/review-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson/#comment-1808 Daphne Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:53:17 +0000 http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/?p=1517#comment-1808 I’ve wanted to read this for awhile. Thanks for the reminder. It sounds really good, if disturbing. I’m going to put it on my library
TBR list…

]]> By: Jason Gignac http://regularrumination.com/2009/12/07/review-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson/#comment-1807 Jason Gignac Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:06:48 +0000 http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/?p=1517#comment-1807 Maybe I’ll trade with Amanda, because the prose in this book sounds beautiful! Ugly, but beautiful. So many issues books seem to kind of idealize the victim, or else glamourize the issue, or else they’re didactic and preachy. This one sounds better than that. And, this is an issue that’s always been difficult for me to get (probably because I never had anyone telling me subtly or not-subtly how I needed to be thin…)

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