tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post4163552029784534655..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: Book review: Clare Clark's Savage LandsSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-72634561988242732012012-10-21T19:08:59.327-05:002012-10-21T19:08:59.327-05:00I really enjoyed this novel, in fact I became so a...I really enjoyed this novel, in fact I became so absorbed in it while waiting for a flight to leave that I almost missed it. I think Kim that the title is very provocative. As Sarah notes in the review the word 'savage' is way beyond reference to the American Indian it is about the harshness of the landscape, the environment, the interations between human beings and nature, rulers and those they ruled, both the French and their citizens and the hints at the English interaction as well as those first peoples. It's a story that tells of something we can barely understand in this 21st century. Settlement of a new land was a savage and harsh experience. I give it 7.5/10 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-85670135383601456482010-02-04T14:18:37.035-06:002010-02-04T14:18:37.035-06:00This looks really good!This looks really good!Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-34199520805119376152010-02-02T17:43:50.920-06:002010-02-02T17:43:50.920-06:00Why oh why, did the publisher see fit to use such ...Why oh why, did the publisher see fit to use such an awful title as Savage Lands? I know the word is historically accurate, but it's insulting to modern Native Americans to have it plastered on a cover.Kim Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08623744197140598895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-8639143509347373232010-02-02T09:09:04.459-06:002010-02-02T09:09:04.459-06:00I look forward to reading this!I look forward to reading this!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10629607798733891373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-25139195050489234002010-02-02T05:21:35.482-06:002010-02-02T05:21:35.482-06:00I had an ARC of this book and was looking forward ...I had an ARC of this book and was looking forward to reading after enjoying the authors previous two. I was very disappointed. The first half was OK but then, for me, it went rapidly downhill. In the end I found it bored me.crothshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069972891852583031noreply@blogger.com