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Title: The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields ISBN: 0-14-023313-X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.56 (117 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Thought Provoking
Comment: This was an interesting book. The writing was in depth and well written. This is a story of Daisy from the time of birth to her death. The thing I liked about this book was it was written not only from Daisy's perception, but from the people around her's perception. How she touched each of their lives, what kind of an impact she made on the world, and how the circumstances of her life impacted her. It makes me think of when I die, the things I'll have wished for, the impact I may have had, and if I'm really ready to die. The author does a fascinating job of weaving the characters in and out of Daisy's life.
The thing that made this a 3 star only was it didn't "engage" me, I like being entertained, and this book was thought provoking, well written but not entertaining.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wow...
Comment: Written as an autobiography of Daisy Goodwill Flett, whose mother's death at the moment of Daisy's birth makes for the most gripping opening scene I've ever read, The Stone Diaries is superb from beginning to end. Just read those 20 or so pages, and you'll be hooked for the rest of the book.
Carol Shields won the Pulitzer for this novel, a creative and highly original style of narrative that many others have tried unsuccessfully to duplicate. Stone Diaries wanders all the way through Daisy's rather extraordinary life, both her on-the-surface role as daughter, wife, and mother as well as her rich and vividly-described inner life. When you reluctantly come to the end, you'll probably sit back as I did, stare into space, and just sigh, "Wow..."
Rating: 3
Summary: Pulitzer Prize?
Comment: Personally, I'm not sure how this book won a Pulitzer Prize, it makes me curious as to the qualifications for this award, who's giving out these awards and the quality of the books that wear it. The protagonist in this novel is also an omnipotent narrator which makes for an intriguing storytelling when used consistently but the early mix of first person and third person gets muddied in the middle.
There's a documentarian quality to the novel which I thoroughly enjoyed but there's a serious lack of extrapolation in the characters that Shields has created. There was a certain kind of mediocrity in these peoples' lives disguised and dressed up to be moderately individualistic.
This book was a disappointment. I prefer characters that are more flawed, more complex, and not so polished with a moralistic rag. "The Stone Diaries" offered up some of these elements but it was as though Shields didn't want to trouble the reader with chewable characterization but instead how these characters "suffer" through their tedious "lives."
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Title: Unless : A Novel by Carol Shields ISBN: 0007154615 Publisher: Fourth Estate Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Larry's Party by Carol Shields ISBN: 0140266771 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Small Ceremonies by Carol Shields ISBN: 0140251456 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Box Garden by Carol Shields ISBN: 0140251367 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Carol Shields's The Stone Diaries: A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries) by Abby H. P. Werlock ISBN: 0826452493 Publisher: Continuum Pub Group Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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