Comments on: First Impressions 5.11.12

By: Naomi Johnson

Naomi Johnson — Sun, 13 May 2012 15:52:22 +0000

Yikes! I was an adult the first time I saw a coffin lid being closed on a corpse, and that freaked me out a little even then. Can’t imagine seeing that as a child and done to a loved one? No no no no no no.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:15:57 +0000

Paulette, you win the internets today.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:10:41 +0000

Haha! What did your mom say?

And this disproves my earlier musing on whether THE 500 appeals to men more than women.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:09:00 +0000

A vote for THE 500! I wonder if it appeals to guys more than women…

By: Paulette

Paulette — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:26:57 +0000

I am calling my mom right now to find out why we did not have a coffin!!!
The 500 sounds as though it is my kind of book….I am hoping for international intrigue here.

By: EIREGO

EIREGO — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:11:28 +0000

HEART OF A KILLER – Ya got me with the first sentence, then almost lost me until the last two.

THE LITTLE RED GUARD – Held my interest and would make me read further.

THE 500 – Don’t know what’s going on yet, but I already want to hang out with the protagonist.

In other words:
THE 500 has my vote.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:49:44 +0000

I forgot to mention they also wrapped her up in plastic—the laymen’s version of embalming? I remember thinking they shouldn’t do that because we kids had always been told we shouldn’t put plastic bags over our heads when playing, and here they were wrapping her entire body in it. How was Grandma going to breathe?? My 5-year-old brain could not understand.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:38:23 +0000

Wow. No wonder you’re so messed up. 🙂

Man our predecessors sure knew how to screw up future generations, eh?

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:29:09 +0000

Oh my gosh, do we all have a coffin-in-the-house story? When I was 5, my grandma died. Mom took me over to her house and I watched as relatives washed her, dressed her, then nailed her into her coffin, which was suddenly there. That didn’t upset me at all. Noooooooo.

By: Naomi Johnson

Naomi Johnson — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:18:10 +0000

THE LITTLE RED GUARD sounds really good, possibly because, like Lauren and the narrator, I can relate to coffins in the house. I, too, descend from coal miners stock and the first funeral I can remember involved a wake (we called it a “watch”) at a cousin’s house. Or maybe it’s just because the story sounds intriguing while the other two don’t tug at me at all.