Katrina Rocha
Mrs. Terrell - 2nd
English 4 H
October 7, 2015
LET THE GREAT WORLD STOP SPINNING
"Let the Great World Spin," by New York Times bestselling author, Colum McCann, is one of the most tedious, rambling, and incomplete novels ever published. I’ve never in my life had to force myself to read a book. While reading this novel, I constantly felt myself waiting for it to pick up and excite or thrill me but sadly, it never did. I love the idea of the book and the concept that all these lives could be woven together by a single moment in time. The author however should not have even started the rough draft to this novel if he didn’t think to make all the pieces snap together in an epic conclusion. Instead, it was a terrible flop of a conclusion …show more content…
The story starts out strong and wonderful as a picture is painted in the minds of the readers of a man more than a hundred stories up in the sky standing on the ledge of a building. He draws crowds of people onto the streets and they all gather together excitedly and watch as this mysterious man prepares himself for something. There’s excitement dripping from the pages of the book as helicopters whirl around him. The onlookers’ anticipation grows while their breathing halts, and out he steps onto the wire. This moment of the book comes to an unexpected halt as Book One begins with Ciaran’s story about his childhood with his brother. Corrigan is one of the main characters of this story and he is only well known through other characters point of view. Ciaran describes a youthful Corrigan on his journey through his teenage years. Early on in life he begins
Mrs. Terrell - 2nd
English 4 H
October 7, 2015
LET THE GREAT WORLD STOP SPINNING
"Let the Great World Spin," by New York Times bestselling author, Colum McCann, is one of the most tedious, rambling, and incomplete novels ever published. I’ve never in my life had to force myself to read a book. While reading this novel, I constantly felt myself waiting for it to pick up and excite or thrill me but sadly, it never did. I love the idea of the book and the concept that all these lives could be woven together by a single moment in time. The author however should not have even started the rough draft to this novel if he didn’t think to make all the pieces snap together in an epic conclusion. Instead, it was a terrible flop of a conclusion …show more content…
The story starts out strong and wonderful as a picture is painted in the minds of the readers of a man more than a hundred stories up in the sky standing on the ledge of a building. He draws crowds of people onto the streets and they all gather together excitedly and watch as this mysterious man prepares himself for something. There’s excitement dripping from the pages of the book as helicopters whirl around him. The onlookers’ anticipation grows while their breathing halts, and out he steps onto the wire. This moment of the book comes to an unexpected halt as Book One begins with Ciaran’s story about his childhood with his brother. Corrigan is one of the main characters of this story and he is only well known through other characters point of view. Ciaran describes a youthful Corrigan on his journey through his teenage years. Early on in life he begins