Comments on: The Crimson Petal and The White by Michel Faber http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-by-michel-faber/ A collective of bibliophiles talking about books. Book Fox (vulpes libris): small bibliovorous mammal of overactive imagination and uncommonly large bookshop expenses. Habitat: anywhere the rustle of pages can be heard. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Moira http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-by-michel-faber/#comment-16758 Thu, 05 May 2011 07:43:03 +0000 https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/?p=15013#comment-16758 Excellent, Eve! It’s always nice to know that a review has resulted in a happy camper – especially as I’m always a bit nervous when someones says they’re reading the book BECAUSE of my review. I tend to think “Oh no. Really? Please – don’t take my word for ANYTHING.”

]]> By: Eve Harvey http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-by-michel-faber/#comment-16754 Thu, 05 May 2011 00:24:32 +0000 https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/?p=15013#comment-16754 I bought this for my mum after reading your review! And despite her being the best read person I have ever known, she is also one of the slowest. However, this brick of a book has been… DEVOURED!

I did warn her it was filthy. Doesn’t seem to have put her off :p

Thank you, from a very pleased mother!

]]> By: Annette http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-by-michel-faber/#comment-16686 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:27:45 +0000 https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/?p=15013#comment-16686 The ultimate “lighter version” is the Kindle edition, which is currently on sale at Amazon.co.uk for the princely sum of £1.47.

When I first saw this book in the shops, the sheer length of it put me off. I don’t read much fiction these days, and certainly not long fiction. But your review, the wonderful TV adaptation and the ridiculously cheap Kindle edition prompted me to give it a try. Four chapters in and I’m hooked….

]]> By: Es http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-by-michel-faber/#comment-16612 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:34:54 +0000 https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/?p=15013#comment-16612 I will report back if I have any success!

]]> By: Jamie Mollart http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-by-michel-faber/#comment-16611 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:36:14 +0000 https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/?p=15013#comment-16611 It’s been sat on my book shelf for a while, I keep meaning to read, but the size keeps scaring me!

]]> By: Moira http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-by-michel-faber/#comment-16609 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:08:40 +0000 https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/?p=15013#comment-16609 If you find a lighter version Es, I’d be interested to hear about it. it IS an extraordinarily HEAVY book, physically. Not something you can nonchalantly pick up in one hand.

]]> By: Es http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-by-michel-faber/#comment-16608 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:05:43 +0000 https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/?p=15013#comment-16608 I’ve also had the TV version recommended and I liked the first episode. I did pick it up and leaf through it in the bookshop the other day, but I 1) got distracted by the 1,000 Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (which is ace) and 2) staggered under the weight of it as I picked it up and thought I’d keep hunting and see if I can find a lighter edition!

]]> By: Jill Aurellia http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-by-michel-faber/#comment-16597 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:21:56 +0000 https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/?p=15013#comment-16597 Loose ends drive me INSANE so I’m still PO’ed about that ending.

]]> By: Jackie http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-by-michel-faber/#comment-16595 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:30:01 +0000 https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/?p=15013#comment-16595 LOL “Wussy Fox” Oh dear, that is so, so accurate. LOL

]]> By: Moira http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-by-michel-faber/#comment-16590 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:20:54 +0000 https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/?p=15013#comment-16590 I liked the ending. Anything else would have been – wrong, somehow. Like you Lisa, I really don’t mind loose ends – not when they serve a purpose.

It IS grim and graphic and very icky in places – you really do need quite a strong stomach for one or two of the passages, but PEOPLE! I’d like to point out that Jackie – our very own, gentle, tender-hearted Wussy-Fox read it, so it can’t be that bad.

There have been complaints that Faber made it TOO grim – that London was never like that. Well – I beg to differ. I think he pretty much nailed it. Dickens has quite a lot to answer for.

]]> By: Lisa http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-by-michel-faber/#comment-16583 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:58:18 +0000 https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/?p=15013#comment-16583 I thought this was a splendid review and the book sounds fascinating. To my shame, I’ve already been a-googling to get more of an idea of what actually happens (spoilers? Me?) and am still very keen to read it, even at 900 pages. I don’t really like neat endings which tie up all the loose ends, so that doesn’t put me off either.

]]> By: Jill Aurellia http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-by-michel-faber/#comment-16564 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:15:04 +0000 https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/?p=15013#comment-16564 Yes, the ending. WTH?

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