Official Review: Og by Brittany Shannon
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Re: Official Review: Og by Brittany Shannon
Shannon's portrayal of marital virtue during that time was, for me, interesting as there are places today that share those sensibilities. I'm confronted with the fact that we all come from a common source.
I didn't encounter any grammatical errors that stumbled my reading, and I liked the way she structured each chapter to fit the characters within the story. I think she dragged out Kaya's emotional drama to the point of exhaustion. This left me glad to finish the story.
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I agree with the majority of what you said. You did a nice job of encapsulating the structure and role of Kaya's place in the book.DennisK wrote:What I liked about this story was the perspective that Shannon gave to living within a military environment during that time – the business of making a nest within a war. The character Kaya seemed a bit contemporary for the story's time. She seemed to me to be a modern woman with modern problems, but after some thought, I question my own tendency to stereotype people within their historical roles. Never-the-less, modernizing Kaya, within a historical context, may be a good idea as it makes Kaya a character to whom I can relate. …. that is, if she was modernized … I'm still not sure of that. Did women during that time think and react like Kaya?
Shannon's portrayal of marital virtue during that time was, for me, interesting as there are places today that share those sensibilities. I'm confronted with the fact that we all come from a common source.
I didn't encounter any grammatical errors that stumbled my reading, and I liked the way she structured each chapter to fit the characters within the story. I think she dragged out Kaya's emotional drama to the point of exhaustion. This left me glad to finish the story.
Og is the name of the giant-King of Bashan that the Israelites defeated during the beginning of their conquest of the land God had promised them.CatInTheHat wrote:How did the title relate to the story?
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for Thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. ~ Psalms 4:8
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