Ella Minnow Pea
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entertaining, interesting, and memorable!! I loved reading through these letters and seeing the creative ways that the author chose to speak as he slowly lost letter by letter!!! I love a novel in letters :D
entertaining, interesting, and memorable!! I loved reading through these letters and seeing the creative ways that the author chose to speak as he slowly lost letter by letter!!! I love a novel in letters :D
ABC*E*GHI**LMNOP*RSTUVWXY*
Such an interesting novel, not to mention creative! I was so blown away by the author's ability to tell this story while removing an increasing number of letters from his availability. This novel got my thought secretions going about our language use, plus how much communication can collapse once enough letters have been given extraction. While absorbing this novel, the persistent thought that characters might want to resort to sign language when necessary gave me regular pause; I was so content once a comment on sign language was given mention. I also was really happy with the balance of character growth and plot evolution through all the letters between characters. Honestly, I believe not this writing might be any more consummate. I certainly plan to suggest it to everyone possible in the time to come.
(Original review before editing to remove certain "illegal" letters)
Such an interesting and creative book! I was so blown away by the author's ability to tell this story while removing an increasing number of letters from his availability. This book made me think about our use of language and how much communication would deteriorate once enough letters are removed. While reading this book, I kept thinking that the characters could resort to sign language when necessary, and I was so pleased once a comment on sign language was mentioned. I also really enjoyed the balance of character development and plot development through all of the letters between characters. Honestly, I don't think this writing could be any more perfect. I definitely plan to recommend it to everyone possible in the future.
ABC*E*GHI**LMNOP*RSTUVWXY*
Such an interesting novel, not to mention creative! I was so blown away by the author's ability to tell this story while removing an increasing number of letters from his availability. This novel got my thought secretions going about our language use, plus how much communication can collapse once enough letters have been given extraction. While absorbing this novel, the persistent thought that characters might want to resort to sign language when necessary gave me regular pause; I was so content once a comment on sign language was given mention. I also was really happy with the balance of character growth and plot evolution through all the letters between characters. Honestly, I believe not this writing might be any more consummate. I certainly plan to suggest it to everyone possible in the time to come.
(Original review before editing to remove certain "illegal" letters)
Such an interesting and creative book! I was so blown away by the author's ability to tell this story while removing an increasing number of letters from his availability. This book made me think about our use of language and how much communication would deteriorate once enough letters are removed. While reading this book, I kept thinking that the characters could resort to sign language when necessary, and I was so pleased once a comment on sign language was mentioned. I also really enjoyed the balance of character development and plot development through all of the letters between characters. Honestly, I don't think this writing could be any more perfect. I definitely plan to recommend it to everyone possible in the future.
I thought this was delightful!
Certainly not a perfect book (main thing is probably the extremely thin romances), but I had lots of fun exploring the language. I normally find epistolary novels kind of boring, but I was engaged the whole time and read it pretty quick, so props to Mark. The characters were fun and quirky and there was a combination of really sweet moments and higher stakes than I expected.
I thought this was delightful!
Certainly not a perfect book (main thing is probably the extremely thin romances), but I had lots of fun exploring the language. I normally find epistolary novels kind of boring, but I was engaged the whole time and read it pretty quick, so props to Mark. The characters were fun and quirky and there was a combination of really sweet moments and higher stakes than I expected.
