Comments on: IMPOSSIBLE by Nancy Werlin

By: Impossible, by Nancy Werlin « Egg and Feather, LLC

Impossible, by Nancy Werlin « Egg and Feather, LLC — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:43:22 +0000

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By: web

web — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:50:55 +0000

I had the same reaction – the tasks seemed too easy, but I think the whole point was that it never really was impossible.

I reviewed this today, am linking to your review.

By: Review: Impossible by Nancy Werlin | Flight into Fantasy

Review: Impossible by Nancy Werlin | Flight into Fantasy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:02:48 +0000

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By: SarahJanet

SarahJanet — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:57:21 +0000

Wendy, those are two excellent points, and retroactively make me like the book even more, so thanks! I confess I do tend to read too fast, so sometimes things like that pass me by.

Melody, it’s funny, because sometimes I cannot suspend my disbelief even slightly, so I think it’s a sign of good writing that I was able to while reading this.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:42:50 +0000

I think I had an initial reaction that the tasks turned out to be too easy, too, but quickly came to the conclusion that that was part of the point. They SEEM impossible, but in fact they’re not, and that really makes the previous failures even sadder, gives them more pathos. If the previous Scarborough women had had the resources Lucy did–loving parents/friends, the Internet, emotional strength and self-esteem (which she has because she was raised in a good family, a first)–they would have been able to do it, too.

I thought, too, that it was sufficiently hinted that abortion might NOT work, even if it was emotionally acceptable to Lucy. It’s kind of like in TAM LIN, when Janet says she can’t use her pregnancy to save his life and then get an abortion; it doesn’t work that way. Anyway, it’s not as if abortion is a modern invention; if that could work, it probably would have been tried before.

I really liked your review, thanks for posting it!

By: Melody

Melody — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:07:54 +0000

I enjoyed your review. I really got drawn into this book, and like you, was able to suspend my disbelief and enjoy the odd and wonderful story.