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Summary: Without a Doubt the Greatest Use of Paper and Ink
Review: I was amazed, astounded and wonderfully enraptured by Bill's use of the English language in this work. The story is darkly engaging, the trip to bury the matriarch of the family, but the use of Point of View and Streams of Consciousness was incredible.
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Summary: great insight
Review: I read this preposterous book in high school, got the point of it but I still can't scrape off the impression that it's a fancy angle on daytime drama; the characters, with the exception of Darl, haven't come into relief for me even years after I finished reading the story. The best Faulkner can to with this superficial tale is to obfuscate the plot enough that the readers are forced to pay way more attention to his writing than it merits.
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Summary: nothing but daytime drama
Review: I read this preposterous book in high school, got the point of it and identified with the Darl character but got into it emotionally. In fact, I still can't scrape off the impression that it's a fancy angle on daytime drama; the characters, with the exception of Darl, haven't come into relief for me even years after I finished reading the story. The best Faulkner can to with this superficial tale is to obfuscate the plot enough that the readers are forced to pay way more attention to his writing than it merits.
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Summary: Talk about your bad days!
Review: This family which tries to bury one of its own by her request goes through all sorts of turbulance. If you liked Grapes of Wrath, you will like this.
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Summary: Pick something else
Review: The person who lay dying was Mrs Addie Bundren. She would have been fine if her husband Anse had cared enough about her to send for a doctor sooner. Like her husband, Addie was utterly self-centered. Neither cared at all about the other or about any of their children. Anse thought he was the father of all their children, but Addie knew better.Addie died early in the book. Good riddance. Anse took the family on a journey to bury her where she was born. Along the way, he showed his lack of concern for his children by not spending a dime on medical care for an injured child. When they finally arrived at the destination, Anse revealed his ulterior motive for going. Oh these people make me sick. The children are much more interesting than the parents. I wonder if William Faulkner had a lot of hatred within him that he was releasing by creating odious characters like Anse and Addie Bundren. This is a drab gray book, except for an incident the daughter has in a drug store. Buy a different book. If you want to see what Faulkner was about, get The Sound and The Fury, along with the Cliff Notes.
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Summary: Faulkner's roots
Review: Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is another fine example of the surroundings Faulkner grew up in. The "rednecks" of Yoknawpawtapha county are very similar in all Faulkners books, and this story just again shows how a family can "move on with life."
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Summary: Low Life Family Award of the Century!
Review: I think the great thing about As I Lay Dying is getting your friends to read it so that you can all talk about it. It's just so much more of a fun book that way. I mean, it's already my favorite book of all time. Or atleast one of them. But it's got dark, dark, black humor, and that family, The Bundren Family... they are just losers. The ultimate low life losers. They are so much fun. You learn to love to laugh at them. Faulkner must've had fun with this novel. All the characters shine bright in some horrible way or another, some worse than others. Even Addie, the dead mother that the novel circles about isn't that great of a person. And Faulkner just exploits every weird bit about every weird character. It's just a delight! This book is rich. Rich rich rich 20th century literature. And it isn't even that hard. I don't know why it gets a bad rap compared to Sound and the Fury which is more difficult. Sure, As I Lay Dying requires patience. But all you need is just a teensy bit of patience to get through it's door and you'll just see all it has. I guess you can't "look" for what you might want in a "normal" novel. Characterization is there but a little skewed of course. Plot is there, but of course its a little different, a little odd. It's just fun, especially if you're not expecting John Grisham or something. Read it, enjoy it. Open up to it. It's a great starting point both for Faulkner, and just fun enjoyable literature in general.
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Summary: A great Ammerican Classic
Review: I read this book in my 11th grade English class and loved it. I read it again now that i am in college. I do admit i missed many of the finer details the first time, but i still liked the story line and i enjoyed looking into the heads of the charactor. I see a little of myself in Darl. It is difficult to read, and i am a math major and i caught on, so i am sure the average student will do fine. I really recommend the book to everyone.
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Summary: My first Faulkner novel.
Review: I just wanted to let everyone know that there ARE high schoolers who enjoy and understand this book. My AP English class just finished this book. The characters are creatively diverse, the plot is interesting and allowing each character to voice his/her version of the tale provides insight otherwise impossible. I had no problem with the stream of conciousness style and the religious symbols provide for a striking message.
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Summary: This book is confusing
Review: Im 17 and am pretty intelligent but when i read this book for my AP class I didnt understand what was going on to the extent that i would have liked. I dont see the point in making what could be a humurous and vibrant description of an unusual occurence into a laborious chore to read. The lack of cronological order is very annoying and i dont see why Faulkner did it that way unless he wanted to make people angry. I would not recommend this book unless you have great comprhension and read at a very high level.
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