tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841836149498915365.post7124480003213779443..comments2023-10-01T10:15:55.040+01:00Comments on Don't Read That Read This - Roz's Reading Challenge: Book #78 Pigeon English by Stephen KelmanRozDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033608663705289013noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841836149498915365.post-81908209738067211532011-09-04T21:58:56.528+01:002011-09-04T21:58:56.528+01:00Ok. ;-)Ok. ;-)NUTS4R2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08450069327397561514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841836149498915365.post-84321223752667977822011-09-04T21:52:27.622+01:002011-09-04T21:52:27.622+01:00I think its better to say "hey this is a real...I think its better to say "hey this is a really great crossover young adult book" than say "how on earth does this qualify as adult contemporary"RozDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02033608663705289013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841836149498915365.post-33190702815275376252011-09-04T21:48:40.784+01:002011-09-04T21:48:40.784+01:00And of course in Pigeon English, there's the a...And of course in Pigeon English, there's the awfulness of the psychic pigeon concept, which again relegates it out of adult contemporary.RozDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02033608663705289013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841836149498915365.post-53508659400782168122011-09-04T21:42:40.242+01:002011-09-04T21:42:40.242+01:00You make an excellent point, by 12 i was reading w...You make an excellent point, by 12 i was reading well beyond my so -called age range and was allowed to borrow from the sixth form shelf, by 14 I was reading adult contemporary. However, with Jessie Lamb particularly it just in no way shape or form is an adult book, one for precocious 12 yr olds such as my younger self! Its not he classification that mystifies me so much as the Booker nomination. I read the Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness over the Christmas period and more recently his latest A Monster Calls, all four books transcend their young adult tag and have something to say to all ages in a way that Jessie Lamb doesn't manage, more like a watered down Atwood. Pigeon English has more crossover value but only slightly given some of the inanities although its point of interest for an adult reader would be the insightfulness in relation to boys of this age in these communities that are rife with teenage murders purportrated by their peers.RozDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02033608663705289013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841836149498915365.post-12501326050503428952011-09-04T21:24:09.109+01:002011-09-04T21:24:09.109+01:00Yeah, you keep making that point about being suite...Yeah, you keep making that point about being suited to "young adult". One of the marketing things I've picked up on as a slave wager graphic designer over the years is that people don't like to be reading for their particular tag... I bet it's kids who read the "young adult" stuff while the "generic young adults" are actually getting on with things and reading Vonnegut, Kerouak, Burroughs and so on.<br /><br />Just a thought.NUTS4R2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08450069327397561514noreply@blogger.com