Book Review
Sep. 17th, 2004 09:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariTo Say Nothing of the Dog
by Connie Willis
I had such fun reading this book! If you've ever read any 19th century novels (especially Jane Austen) or classic mystery novels, or are at least familiar with their plot conventions, you will be highly amused. Even if you know nothing about those things, you will still be amused. To Say Nothing of the Dog involves future historians time-traveling to 1888, Coventry cathedral, and the repairing of history after the aforementioned time-traveling historians muck it all up. It's a delight all the way through, written with wit, charm, and warmth.
The best thing about To Say Nothing of the Dog, however, is that it is marvelously entertaining without skimping on Having Something to Say. Willis' point is about history, how everything connects, and the question of whether or not there really is a Grand Design. To that end, this book is among the most unified that I have ever read. Even small plot elements have significance, things connect to each other in all sorts of interesting, surprising, or clever ways. And all this without seeming contrived.
by Connie Willis
I had such fun reading this book! If you've ever read any 19th century novels (especially Jane Austen) or classic mystery novels, or are at least familiar with their plot conventions, you will be highly amused. Even if you know nothing about those things, you will still be amused. To Say Nothing of the Dog involves future historians time-traveling to 1888, Coventry cathedral, and the repairing of history after the aforementioned time-traveling historians muck it all up. It's a delight all the way through, written with wit, charm, and warmth.
The best thing about To Say Nothing of the Dog, however, is that it is marvelously entertaining without skimping on Having Something to Say. Willis' point is about history, how everything connects, and the question of whether or not there really is a Grand Design. To that end, this book is among the most unified that I have ever read. Even small plot elements have significance, things connect to each other in all sorts of interesting, surprising, or clever ways. And all this without seeming contrived.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
Me Too
Date: 2004-09-19 09:48 am (UTC)