This morning, self answered a Bookshouse tweet that asked: What kind of books make you cry while reading them?
She wanted to say: Almost every book.
Or she could have said: Angst-y books.
Instead, she decided to name a book. No, it was not The Subtle Knife, though that book certainly did make her cry. It was Tim O’Brien’s In the Lake of the Woods. Because of the character of the wife.
Like Dead Letters (which she compares almost every book to, now), it’s a mystery. While Dead Letters gives us closure on the very last page, In the Lake of Woods doesn’t give us even that much. Read at your own risk! O’Brien executes the wife’s point of view so well.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Kanlaon 