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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
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I consider my experience with this book a love affair gone horribly wrong. Once again I'm harshly reminded of the dangers of praising a book before I've finished it. What began as an amazing wonder promising to be a masterpiece, hitting a still patch towards the half-way mark and quickening its pace towards the end, died an awful death in Chapter 20, a hateful, misogynistic, self-absorbed, malicious end that made me regret all the time I'd spent with Llosa, all the times I'd raved about him, all the books I'd ordered of his in anticipation of heartache after this one had ended. But after reading the last chapter, I felt heartsick instead, as if I'd been betrayed even. And in retrospect, it revealed the insidious virgin-whore dichotomies Llosa had woven into his plot and many subplots, all the while masquerading as a lover. So consider this an anti-spoiler warning and, if you do venture to read this would-be beauty, stop at Chapter 19. I'm certain any ending you'll imagine will be more gratifying than the one Llosa would like to attack you with.
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Started Reading
January 1, 2008
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Finished Reading
January 12, 2008
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April 21, 2008
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Feb 25, 2010 05:51PM
I couldn't agree with you more!
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absolutely! last chapter is so depressing. Especially since Julia is so completely discarded.
It's problematic when a reviewer judges a book on its adherence to an “approved” view or ideology, which nowadays most of the time should be feminism or socialism. Unfortunately, it's very, very common today where a form of censorship exists which, with a euphemism, is called political correctness.
I'm reading Michael's review of the review which is also someone bringing his own ideology to the table by calling out the review "censorship" because he doesn't agree. So, censorship of the censorship and so on. Every reader begins with a bias dependent on a multitude of factors but this, in no way, is censorship just because the reviewer did not like the book. It's her opinion. Censorship would be if she tried to have the book banned or edited. Pretty sure this didn't happen as a friend recommended it and yep..here it is...available to read if I choose.
