tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110039268234101685.post2108250574511268089..comments2023-10-31T08:29:26.593-07:00Comments on Booksquawk: FLESH AND FIREMelissa Conwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12368962908843137225noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110039268234101685.post-55451934407298356592010-02-24T10:20:36.904-08:002010-02-24T10:20:36.904-08:00You are entitled to your opinion, of course, (to A...You are entitled to your opinion, of course, (to Anonymous) but I am more than a little perplexed at the speculative ad hominem nature of the criticisms.<br /><br />I second Dorkismo -- I see "Sin Washer," I think it is far from unreasonable in the English-speaking world to draw the Jesus parallel (it would be a lot more unreasonable to mince around it). If the author was thinking of some other redeemer-figure, or just a generic one, I have a hard time imagining she wasn't PERFECTLY aware that a lot of people in her reading audience would think of Jesus nevertheless.Kate Kassermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16635115092643305080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110039268234101685.post-53358717286480945752010-02-24T08:49:04.822-08:002010-02-24T08:49:04.822-08:00If you're going to call someone "snide&qu...If you're going to call someone "snide" (quite unreasonably, in my view) I have to suggest you not hide behind an anonymous login, and explain exactly why you would say such a thing.<br /><br />I haven't read this book, but even so, it is blindingly clear that any writer in English who doesn't want his character compared to Jesus Christ had better reconsider the name, "Sin Washer."dorkismohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16453069633096561767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110039268234101685.post-89164986590142705042010-02-24T06:17:01.507-08:002010-02-24T06:17:01.507-08:00This is a snide and aggressively cute review by so...This is a snide and aggressively cute review by someone whose knowledge of culture and mythology seems to be limited to Christianity. I suppose if all you have is a hammer, every book to be reviewed looks a lot like a nail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com