My sister, Catie, has my copy of this book so I can't really think of any great discussion questions, but I'm in the mood for some Merced communicado so I'm posting anyway.
I remember really liking the format right away. It was fun to read the letters and after I finished the book I spent a whole week writing actual letters to people that actually went in the mail. I hope to do more of that.
I also really like the main girl's editor and wished the whole time that they would fall in love.
I immediately fell in love with the plot and the girl's life and work and then I really cautiously tried to back up and not be so sentimental and give myself time to see if I really liked her or if I thought she was too over the top. You know what I mean by over the top?
It's no secret that I'm a dreamer, but sometimes I have these waves of practicality. Sometimes I think it's my fear of realizing my dreams and sometimes I think it's just practicality.
When I found myself identifying and falling in love with the main girl (who's name I can't even remember) I thought it was so fun and how great that everything was working out for her and she met all these really great people and did these amazing things for their souls and those kinds of things, but then I stepped back because I was nervous that I was being too idealistic or something.
The nerves came from thinking about what other people would think of me being in love with her carefree yet meaningful lifestyle.
So that's all I really have to say about the book because I don't have my copy. Please share your own reactions from the book and I want to hear people's reactions about what I wrote, because am I crazy to think like that?
I heart you all!
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First of all, I also thought that Juliet was going to fall in love with her editor, until he told that one girl that he was a homosexual. That abruptly ended that theory.
Honestly, Juliet being a dreamer is not a theme that stood out to me. In fact, I didn't really think about that at all. Her career as an author allowed her life to be flexible; her trip to Guernsey was not just for her personal pleasure, but also for her career. It wasn't like she just up and left her entire life back in the U.S.
Camille, I don't think you should label yourself. Everyone has some "dreamer" in them and some "practical" in them and a whole lot of other things too. Sometime in life one attitude is more magnified than others, but that is probably a survival mechanism that allows us to get through whatever we are experiencing at the time. Be what you are and just keep trying to bet the best you can be. Don't worry about what it is called.
I disagree with Camille about the format. I did not love the letter format. I feel like the only character that was developed enough was Juliet. For some characters, their role was small enough that I wasn't left bothered by their lack of development. However, I was really bothered by the mystery that still surrounded the guy she ends up with (forgot his name and book is at home and I am at work). He seemed like a quiet kind of guy, yet he wrote letters to a woman he didn't even know. It isn't impossible to believe, but it just seems unusual. This comment is getting extremely long. Overall, good book. But...I finished reading it about two weeks ago and I already can't remember most of it. Bummer.
One more thing...while the "Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society" is a clever name for a society, it is a horrible name for a book. I can never remember it! I had to look it up on Amazon.com just to write this comment.
1. I really enjoyed the book. The letter format got a little frustrating at times because I didn't have enough of the information until later
2. I agree with Cami about the character development. Most of the people I was okay with, but I honestly pictured Dawsey as an uneducated young guy and really couldn't understand how they were going to legitimately make a marriage work
3. This book made me see World War II in a new light. Somehow when I think of people being affected by war I think of people in the Middle East. This book made me realize that people who are exactly like us in culture, speech, religion, etc were deeply affected by war. They lost homes and family, rationed food, and some were even invaded. It made me appreciate the strength of England during and after the war.
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