[quote=""Virgulina""]I'm one of the very few people that didn't really enjoy this book! Death annoyed me to no end with all the obvious foreshadowing and the humour seemed too forced. Maybe I'm just not sensitive enough but none of the characters moved me and I couldn't wait for the book to end!
Ana[/quote]
You're not alone! Death as narrator annoyed me, too. I found the structure & style of that novel too disruptive to the flow of the story. In the end, though, I did find it emotionally powerful. Overall, my reaction to it was mixed.
On topic:
Read some good books in the last week, which included Michael Shaara's novelization of the Battle of Gettysburg,
The Killer Angels. Loved it so much, I've ordered the other two books in this trilogy which were written by his son. Next, I read E. L. Doctorow's
The March, which follows a motley crew of individuals caught up in Sherman's March through Georgia and the Carolinas. It's good, but somehow not satisfying, if that makes sense at all. I think because it follows so many characters that it lacks a certain intimacy you get in other books. I've just started a historical fantasy this morning -- Guy Gavriel Kay's
A Song for Arbonne. I've read and enjoyed several of GGK's other novels, so I'm expecting to enjoy this one as well.