Look to the Mountain
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1 journaler for this copy...
"Look to the Mountain is a novel with a future. It is the kind of book individual readers fall in love with, re-read for their own pleasure, and go on year after year recommending it to their friends." (New York TIMES, quote from the book's back cover)This oldish-looking book turned up on the OBCZ Metropol shelf this week, obviously meant as an anonymous donation for BookCrossing. It didn't have a BCID number yet, so I'm registering and labelling it now.
By the way, the book's cover is an absolute piece of art. Well, pulp art, but still... I simply love how it seem to scream: "Read me, I've got everything! Violence! Romance! Clothes with leather tassles on!" Ah, well. Now I almost feel tempted to keep the book and actually read it so I can see for myself if it'll live up to these expectations. Especially also since the author's name sounds like either a pun on "the Grand Canyon" or very Freudian imagery (nudge nudge, wink wink) which is definitely a bonus.
Well, I can't say I fully agree with the quote on the book's back cover. I'm certainly not considering re-reading the book any time soon, or recommending it to my friends.
The book starts off as clichéd as expected, describing country life in the 1700s and zooming in on the various characters that are about to be the book's protagonists, the main one being a young poor-but-honest farmer boy who's in love with the storekeeper's daughter. Her father isn't too delighted about their feelings for each other, and there's also a rival contesting for the hand of the storekeeper's daughter - a shifty "Portugee" who's not only a foreigner but also probably a Popist (gasp!) and therefore not to be trusted, obviously. The usual entanglements ensue, leading to the book's real highlight, a harvesting contest between young Whit and the evil Joe Felipe. Of course, Whit wins Melissa's love despite not really winning the contest.
After that, the story turns more and more boring and long-winded as we learn about the young couple's struggles in finding a new home for themselves as settlers in a newly founded village far off.
All in all, not as pulpy a novel as expected, and therefore nearly nowhere as entertaining as expected. (It would have been a very cheap kind of entertainment, but still.)
The book starts off as clichéd as expected, describing country life in the 1700s and zooming in on the various characters that are about to be the book's protagonists, the main one being a young poor-but-honest farmer boy who's in love with the storekeeper's daughter. Her father isn't too delighted about their feelings for each other, and there's also a rival contesting for the hand of the storekeeper's daughter - a shifty "Portugee" who's not only a foreigner but also probably a Popist (gasp!) and therefore not to be trusted, obviously. The usual entanglements ensue, leading to the book's real highlight, a harvesting contest between young Whit and the evil Joe Felipe. Of course, Whit wins Melissa's love despite not really winning the contest.
After that, the story turns more and more boring and long-winded as we learn about the young couple's struggles in finding a new home for themselves as settlers in a newly founded village far off.
All in all, not as pulpy a novel as expected, and therefore nearly nowhere as entertaining as expected. (It would have been a very cheap kind of entertainment, but still.)
Journal Entry 3 by Sandwood at Volkshochschule (2.Stock) OBCZ in Innsbruck, Tirol Austria on Thursday, May 12, 2011
Released 13 yrs ago (5/12/2011 UTC) at Volkshochschule (2.Stock) OBCZ in Innsbruck, Tirol Austria
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Will be left on the the OBCZ Volkshochschule bookshelf early this afternoon.
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Congratulations, you have found a very special book! This book was left on purpose because it wants to travel and meet new readers. It doesn't have to travel far or soon, you can pass it to a friend or just leave it somewhere "in the wild" when you are done with it. Feel free to enjoy it for as long as you like.
You may always make a journal entry without joining the website but if you do decide to join (it's free and anonymous!) please use the screenname Sandwood as the referring member. Happy BookCrossing!
