The blog for SUNY Binghamton's Spring'09 COLI 214B 02 Literature and Society Class. Chapter summaries, analyses and discussion of prescribed texts written by students.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Kristin Todd

I thought that these chapters were fascinating to read.  What ended up happening to Will and Karen is definitely not what I expected.  I thought that Will would never come out of the house and I did not expect them to get married.  I thought it was weird how when Karen found Will, when she held him, they ended up outside.  I guess it was because the labyrinth affects everyone differently.  Honestly, I liked this book.  At first, I did not understand it, so it was difficult for me to follow and enjoy.  But, in the middle, everything became clearer and I started to follow the plot.  It turned out that I liked it.  I’m not sure that this would be such a good book to teach in class because it is so complex and hard to follow.  Also, it was frustrating having to read a book that I didn’t like in the beginning.  It’s the kind of book that you have to like immediately if you’re reading it for fun.

2 comments:

aly said...

I totally agree with what you were saying about Karen and Will. Especially after everything they had gone through marriage was very unexpected. At the beginning of the story I was completely lost, but as it progressed I was much more involved. The book was very complicated at times and probably difficult for many students, but more interesting than stories I have read in the past.

ktesi said...

I completely agree that the book took a bit to get into. I was entirely not intrigued for the beginning, but once the plot began to pick up I found myself more interested. I think my interest was also sparked by how different this story was from the average novels I've read in the past.

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