Is the book title misleading?
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Re: Is the book title misleading?
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I agree that the title peaks the curiosity scale for me. It leads to asking a bunch of questions like who is Margaret, what events occurred with her, why is she important. I have not read this book but from my readings it sounds like although her impact was great, the story around her was not. I am on the fence about reading this so maybe one day I will read it.Sahani Nimandra wrote: ↑02 Jan 2018, 02:02 Actually a big NO! The author pushed my "curiosity" button, like "why did he name the book after her?" But after he justified his reasons, I was very pleased with his answer. For me the author seemed to have used a continuous approach "... and then I met Margaret". The "and then" this expressed to me out of all people this particular person is "special", that he knew she had "hit him on the right spot" which as a result he dedicated the book to her. Actually yes she taught him a very important lesson for life.
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I will admit, from the title I did think it would be more akin to one of those books like Stargirl or 500 Days of Summer where the focus is on one manic pixie dream girl who breezes into the main character or author's life.
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As far as the stories go, I thought the Margaret story was no better, or no worse than the others. I wanted a big firecracker of a story and instead it was kind of vanilla. Because of the title, I thought the Margaret chapter would be explosive and definitive. Not sure if that's the title's fault or something I brought into the equation.
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I thought that too about the Margaret chapter. I expected Margaret to be his wife or a very important person in his life, but she's a one-off acquaintance. The title definitely prepped us for her to have more weight in the story.Katiemhardy813 wrote: ↑20 Feb 2018, 13:31 I really thought this was going to be a historical fiction novel. In that sense, I don't think the title prepped me. I bet a lot of people passed this book by just because of the title. (Perhaps we shouldn't judge a book by a cover, but we DO, and a big part of that is the sound of the title!) In that sense I do think it was misleading.
As far as the stories go, I thought the Margaret story was no better, or no worse than the others. I wanted a big firecracker of a story and instead it was kind of vanilla. Because of the title, I thought the Margaret chapter would be explosive and definitive. Not sure if that's the title's fault or something I brought into the equation.
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