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The Callender Papers by Cynthia Voigt6/22/2023 ![]() If there was slight editing to remove those, I'd totally change my mind, though, as it's an interesting book. I have nostalgia for this author, and I did enjoy a lot of the prose and such in this, and the more Gothic atmosphere, so I will probably personally keep this, at least for now, but I wouldn't wholeheartedly recommend you seek it out due to those factors. There's also some ableism regarding language around wheelchairs. inaccurate, let's say, for the 1894 time period, but was rather inappropriate for the author to write in the 1980s, and it's not challenged or anything. I wish there had been more focus on the titular papers, since those kind of get swept to the wayside only to be brought back at the last minute.Īs well, there's some racism towards Native people that I don't think is. ![]() I read several of her others (Homecoming, Dicey's Song and Jackaroo) as a teen, and had kind of a love hate relationship with them. It has some good atmosphere and while I guessed the twist pretty late, it's not a bad mystery at all. I picked up The Callender Papers after reading a reference to it, and wondering how it would compare with Cynthia Voigt's other books. That's a long freaking career and something to really be admired.Īnd in general I enjoyed this one, too. Anyways, suffix to say, I'm quite fond of this author's writing, and I think it's really awesome that she's still writing today. ![]() That has nothing really to do with this book, but it's a fun story to tell. Once in school my English class had to read Homecoming and my English teacher got kind of annoyed because I couldn't do any of the "predict what's going to happen" work as I had already read the book several times before that class. Cross-posted from my blog where there's more information on where I got my copy and links and everything. ![]()
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