People whose profile includes The Blind Assassin
~ Margaret Atwood
YesScheherazade
~ 53-year-old woman in College Station, TX
The Blind Assassin
“I love the fairytale-like story within the story, and the theme of sisters.”
Cloud Atlas
“I love the nesting doll structure of this novel, and the shift into completely different genres from section to section. (And I...”
Five_Horses
~ 28-year-old man in Lincoln, NE
The Blind Assassin
“When I first read this in college I hated it. I read it again in grad school and loved it. Don't ask me what was wrong with...”
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“I'm outgrowing Murakami but I still love this book very much. You can live with Murakami characters in ways you can't with other...”
snagamat
~ 28-year-old man in Honolulu, HI
The Blind Assassin
“This is the kind of book I appreciate on an intellectual level, but I just had a hard time investing in it. Maybe the characters...”
Disgrace
“I could not put this down! I often find people reading while they walk a bit pretentious, but I couldn't help myself with this...”
susanita
~ 57-year-old woman in Washington, DC
The Blind Assassin
“I think I have read all of Atwood's books. She is a lovely and precise writer and her subject matter varies (Handmaid's Tale is a...”
Naked
“Sedaris writes these poignant, funny memoir pieces for the New Yorker. Naked is rarely poignant-- stories from his childhood that...”
LizKat
~ 40-year-old woman in Bristol, CT
The Blind Assassin
“I love most of Margaret Atwood's books, especially her science fiction - but this marvelous mystery is a story within a story and...”
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
“Great tale of war, new york, comics and golums.”
naturegirl36
~ 38-year-old woman in Dundas, Canada
The Blind Assassin
“The interwoven storylines are a technical masterpiece.”
Life of Pi
“Loved this book.”
bellefille
~ 30-year-old woman in Portland, OR
The Blind Assassin
“Beautiful storytelling, this was the first of her books I read and I cannon stop. She weaves such a wonderful web with her words.”
Team of Rivals
“So much to learn, and I am only halfway through. Incredibly detailed, so far I am loving it.”
wherethewildbooksare
~ 21-year-old woman in Lenexa, KS
The Blind Assassin
“This was perhaps the first Atwood book I read--or maybe it was Cat's Eye--and I fell in love. Now she's one of my favorite...”
Hobbit
“My grandma read this to me as a bedtime story when I was four. It was what made me want to be a writer.”
misternovember
~ 20-year-old man in Bryn Mawr, PA
The Blind Assassin
“My favorite book I read in 2010. My second foray into the world of Margaret Atwood, but I was hooked from the very first chapter....”
Naked
“The book that introduced me to David Sedaris, and I couldn't be more thankful. I listened to the audio book version, which...”
SallySparrow
~ 31-year-old woman in Brooklyn, NY
The Blind Assassin
“I still can't believe she was able to pull off this novel-within-a-novel-within-a-novel. And seamlessly!”
The Shadow of the Wind
“The layers of mystery here totally hooked me.”
watermelonsugar
~ 38-year-old woman in Toronto, Canada
The Blind Assassin
“I always knew I was supposed to read Margaret Atwood but could never get into her books once I started one. THIS one, though, I...”
Anna Karenina
“I'd always meant to read this book (I'd seen all the movies and mini-series) but bought my copy one day - the same one as in this...”
LitLover
~ 23-year-old woman in Vancouver, WA
The Blind Assassin
“Although I love everything by Margaret Atwood (she's arguably my favorite author...and by 'arguably' I mean I argue this question...”
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
“I firmly believe that Hemingway is the greatest writer of short stories in the history of modern literature. Although I love all...”
