Comments on: A Personal History of Knives, part IV

By: mermaidonthemoon

mermaidonthemoon — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:38:46 +0000

I think this is my favorite post yet.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:33:20 +0000

That is such a clean cut, dont even see it just
“Eric held the sword absently at his side.”
Perfect! I bet you wept over that absently, I would have, it’s perfect, and then the smear of blood, but it is ruthless prose too, unforgiving in every way, absolutely brilliant,

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:43:35 +0000

I think I knew Eric, too… and Luke. Peter, the writing in this saga is so far beyond good that I feel inadequate in describing it… I thought Jo did a nice job of assessment, my thoughts run along the same lines as hers. Superb, my friend…

By: johemmant

johemmant — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:37:33 +0000

ps, sensational last line

By: johemmant

johemmant — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:36:49 +0000

I felt reading this like I did during We Need to Talk about Kevin……you know what’s coming but the momentum of the prose makes looking away impossible. The characterizations are excellent, I have known boys like these; the prose is taut, polished, all too believable — makes the reader (or this reader) vibrate like a plucked string…….brilliant writing, horrible tale. Very well done, Peter.