tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393767047761198934.post2222115284625700997..comments2014-07-09T00:29:40.725-04:00Comments on Reading the Extreme in World Adventure Narratives: The Reader's Eyejashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04174652571648541889noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393767047761198934.post-37030662161923407272014-03-05T21:27:10.745-05:002014-03-05T21:27:10.745-05:00I also experienced the same thing that Matt did. A...I also experienced the same thing that Matt did. As soon as the reader begins this book, the eminence of disaster is immediately introduced and lurking just beyond the next page. The map is one way that this is shown and almost everything is described on the back cover. You go into this novel with really no surprises about the sequence of events that are about to occur. Yet although the reader already knows whats going to happen, Simpson makes each description and event compelling through his use of multiple first-person narrators. The reader knows that Simon will eventually cut the rope, what we don't know is his agonizing mental decision, guilt, and later acceptance. We also could never conceptualize Joe's inability to act while hanging on the rope for an hour, or his thought process when extracting himself from the crevasse. I really enjoyed how even though I went into this novel knowing what would happen, every experience was new and captivating.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425928675214126288noreply@blogger.com