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Title: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 0385490445 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.39
Rating: 5
Summary: A intelligent, compelling and easy to understand book
Comment: At first glance you might feel compelled to read it because it's quite a thick book. But once you lay your eyes on the words magaret atwood has written, you are more compelled not to read it. There's an element of reality and truth to the story but at the same time it's fiction. You have a character Grace Marks who, at age of 15, is convicted of killing her master and head mistress with an accomplice but she is pardoned from being hanged. A young psychologist comes into town interested in marks' case and he tries to figure if grace's stand on her innocense is true or a basis of lies. You are along for the so called ride, trying to figure out if this girl has actually done it or not. The interesting thing is that you don't really know who is to be trusted. In many novels, you being to trust or believe the protaganist is telling the truth or innocent. But in this case, atwood makes you think and bring into reason instead of giving you the reason to believe grace. It's a very intelligent book but anyone can read it. You will not feel as if you're reading a two inch book but rather wondering how did you finished the book and not feel as if it has been an eternity. I surely recommend it. The characters feel real and there's always emotional highs and lows throughout the novel. Enjoy it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Tremendously done, carefully and beautifully written
Comment: In Canada in the early 1800s, a young woman named Grace Marks is convicted and sentenced to life in prison for her presumed role in the murders of her employer, Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper (and mistress) Nancy Montgomery. This is a fact. Margaret Atwood has taken the life of this women and the facts surrounding the crime, her trial, and her imprisonment, and has woven a tale that is incredibly captivating. The book is rich with quotes from the time and supposed letters written by politicians, clergy and doctors, but the voice of the narrator, Grace herself is the most seductive and most powerful of the writing. The bulk of the book is written during Grace's life imprisonment and is spurred on by the sudden visits made to her by a Dr. Simon Jordan who is a young doctor studying mental illnesses. Grace claims to have no memory of the murders and once we are inside her head, and listening to her voice, we can understand why. The reader finds him/herself completely caught up in Grace's life and her misfortunes and rightly recognizes that so many complex issues feed into the perceptions by the public of this woman, and her perceptions of the "outside" world. This was an excellent read, a startling mystery, and a generally very satisfying tale written by an author whose prose is so far beyond what is generally offered up in mystery novels.
Rating: 4
Summary: psychological character study extraordinaire...
Comment: 'Alias Grace' has long been recommended to me but I only just read it because the story, a piece of historical fiction of a 1840s Canadian murderess, didn't sound particularly appealing. Well my only regret is not having read the book sooner.
The story itself, on face value, is rather ordinary. Teenage girl and apparent boyfriend both kill their employers. However the girl ('Grace') is enigmatic and, as such, her actual guilt is brought into question. All this is explained very early in the novel. But then Atwood does a wonderful job of going into the mind and soul of our poor Grace; we are intrigued, disgusted, and feel compassion for this strange creature. The author then deftly reveals, in minute stages, what the real Grace is all about. The results are unexpected.
Oh, and Ms Atwood is a brilliant writer. Her prose is superb, to the point where you wonder if she can write a bad sentence.
Bottom line: among Atwood's best. A must read.
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Title: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Eleanor Atwood ISBN: 0385720955 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 038549081X Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 0385491026 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Robber Bride by Margaret Eleanor Atwood ISBN: 0385491034 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Edible Woman by Margaret Eleanor Atwood ISBN: 0385491069 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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