Comments on: REVIEW: Desperately Seeking Susie by Patrice Wilton http://dearauthor.com/book-reviews/reivew-desperately-seeking-susie-by-patrice-wilton/ Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Sun, 27 May 2012 21:11:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jayne http://dearauthor.com/book-reviews/reivew-desperately-seeking-susie-by-patrice-wilton/#comment-164122 Jayne Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:30:52 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=4443#comment-164122 Barbara, I've been thinking about your post since yesterday, trying to work out in my mind how to respond. In this case, I feel I can't understand why Susie does so many things that she does. They make no sense to me. I couldn't put myself into her shoes and look at the world as she does. Usually with historicals, I can distance myself a little from the heroine and think that things were different then but with a contemporary, I do tend to question how I would react in similar circumstances. Susie's actions were off the radar screen for me many times. If a friend of mine acted as she does, I would probably find myself staring at her, baffled, saying, "WTF were you thinking?" Hmmm, must ponder some more about this. Barbara, I’ve been thinking about your post since yesterday, trying to work out in my mind how to respond. In this case, I feel I can’t understand why Susie does so many things that she does. They make no sense to me. I couldn’t put myself into her shoes and look at the world as she does. Usually with historicals, I can distance myself a little from the heroine and think that things were different then but with a contemporary, I do tend to question how I would react in similar circumstances. Susie’s actions were off the radar screen for me many times. If a friend of mine acted as she does, I would probably find myself staring at her, baffled, saying, “WTF were you thinking?”

Hmmm, must ponder some more about this.

]]> By: Barbara B. http://dearauthor.com/book-reviews/reivew-desperately-seeking-susie-by-patrice-wilton/#comment-164057 Barbara B. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:53:39 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=4443#comment-164057 Jayne said- "I found it difficult to identify with Susie and frankly had I not committed myself to this review, I doubt I would have kept on reading." Jayne, what do you mean by *identify*? The implication is that this identification is necessary to enjoy a story. I'm a bit embarassed to admit that I never know what others mean when they say that they can or can't identify with or relate to a character. Presumably this is not the same as some female romance readers who place themselves in the story as the heroine, a phenomenon that I still find hard to believe. BTW, thanks for the review. Despite the grade it sounds pretty interesting. Particularly since the author isn't laboring under the delusion that she's a comedian. Jayne said-
“I found it difficult to identify with Susie and frankly had I not committed myself to this review, I doubt I would have kept on reading.”

Jayne, what do you mean by *identify*? The implication is that this identification is necessary to enjoy a story. I’m a bit embarassed to admit that I never know what others mean when they say that they can or can’t identify with or relate to a character. Presumably this is not the same as some female romance readers who place themselves in the story as the heroine, a phenomenon that I still find hard to believe.

BTW, thanks for the review. Despite the grade it sounds pretty interesting. Particularly since the author isn’t laboring under the delusion that she’s a comedian.

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