Blogcritics Comments on White Apples by Jonathan Carroll

Comment by Kevin Holtsberry on White Apples by Jonathan Carroll

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:26:50 EDT

No offense but that is a rather lame retort: "you either get it or you don't." Since you fail to offer a reason, I can't really debate the issue. I enjoyed the book but that doesn't mean it was the best ever written. If every book Carroll writes isn't viewed as a "home run" does that mean I don't get it? ]]>

Comment by Tom Johnson on White Apples by Jonathan Carroll

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:32:49 EDT

I agree with comment #1. Carroll's Outside the Dog Museum is one of my favorite books, and it's because he manages to weave "magic realism" with humor, but rarely gets too heavy-handed with the "magic" part of it - it always works out in the end. Readers who want something really different need to check him out. ]]>

Comment by dagmar lipovics on White Apples by Jonathan Carroll

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:11:15 EDT

People either "get" Jonathan Carroll or they don't. Those who don't dismiss him as not having done this or that but that means they're missing the greater point-- he's one of the few writers around today who covers all bases at once-- genre, mainstream, literary-- and more often than not hits a double, triple, or home run. Those who don't get him, as is obvious with this reviewer, think he's just popped out. Wrong. The man's a genius. Period. ]]>