{"id":4738,"date":"2013-08-14T23:41:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T22:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4738"},"modified":"2018-09-13T18:26:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T17:26:56","slug":"may-we-be-forgiven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4738","title":{"rendered":"May We Be Forgiven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/May-We-Be-Forgiven-Homes\/dp\/1847083234\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/May-We-Be-ForgivenPB-649x999-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"May-We-Be-ForgivenPB-649x999\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/May-We-Be-ForgivenPB-649x999-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/May-We-Be-ForgivenPB-649x999.jpg 649w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the first book in a long time, perhaps ever, that I am going to give up on halfway through.  It&#8217;s direct and bizarre, and I have enjoyed those aspects so far but I just can&#8217;t seem to &#8216;anchor&#8217;myself in the book.  The events are shocking but so random that it makes them meaningless.  I don&#8217;t understand the protagonist; he seems completely devoid of feeling although the children are believable.  Having read reviews I know how things pan out and the ending seems very mushy which jars against the dramatic opening of the book.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think this book is worse than others I&#8217;ve persevered with; I just feel differently about books now that I&#8217;ve stopped going to the book group.  I just don&#8217;t feel obligated to finish books anymore.  A lot of the pleasure of reading, for me, comes from reading precisely what I&#8217;m in the mood for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first book in a long time, perhaps ever, that I am going to give up on halfway through. It&#8217;s direct and bizarre, and I have enjoyed those aspects so far but I just can&#8217;t seem to &#8216;anchor&#8217;myself in the book. The events are shocking but so random that it makes them meaningless. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4738"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6461,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4738\/revisions\/6461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}