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Slow moving plot and too many quirky characters are a disappointment in this prize winning novel, Mars 7 2008
I really wanted to love this novel...heck, I would settle for even liking this novel. After all, as other reviewers have pointed out, it is the 2007 Giller Prize winner. However, Late Nights on Air is a complete disappointment. Admittedly, I had high expectations for this novel, as it is a prize winner, but it falls short in the slow pacing of the plot, a totally unsatisfying conclusion, and the inclusion of too many stereotyped and marginal characters.
The novel's setting is Yellowknife, and author Elizabeth Hay's imagery does evoke both the desolate beauty and cruelty of the physical environment. Unfortunately, the main plot and several secondary subplots that are interwoven together never really generate any tension or excitement until perhaps the last third of the novel in which four characters take a six week canoe trip. The ending leaves most of the flat, kitchy characters in unpleasant circumstances. I am not against sad endings by any means; however, the sadness that surrounds most of these characters is the similar to the sorrowful and isolated circumstances in which many of them begin, and in some cases, even worse. As the characters are not dynamic, transformations do not occur, and it is hard to care about or relate to many of them. As one of the students in my English class pointed out, the characters seem too similar to characters from 90s television show Northern Exposure and current Canadian comedy Corner Gas. If you like these shows, you may like the characters in this book. I am not a fan of the shows or this book!
The struggles of Canada's north are important issues that often get ignored by politicians, the mainstream media, and many people living in the country's urban and suburban areas. The novel is effective at demonstrating the poverty, isolation, and environmental concerns that people living in the far north must deal with on a daily basis. However, the novel falters with stilted dialogue spoken by inauthentic characters and storylines that take too long to develop. [Amy MacDougall]
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It Has Some Hot Moments, Jui 22 2008
In early 70's, Harry Boyd returns to Yellowknife to work at the local radio station, there he falls in love with Dido Paris, a novice broadcasters with a voice "like a tarnished silver spoon". Both are part of a cast of loveable eccentrics at the station. Reviving their pasts and what attracted them to the North is the centre of this story. Several affairs are set among the station staff and the story extends into the landscape where four of them embark on a six week canoe trip exploring the Artic wilderness.
Not only it is my first experience reading a novel by Elizabeth Hay, it is also my first one set in Northern Canada. I have never been to Yellowknife or to the Artic, Ms Hay's descriptions of the area are most interesting and in many ways "exotic". Her chosen words are throughout the novel colourful and pleasant, she is very soft spoken. The novel is more than a story around a radio station, which was the only form of entertainment at the time; it is about history of the area and the lives of the local inhabitants. The characters are a group of "shy" faceless performers who are outgoing when alone in front of a microphone. The book has a romantic streak about it with its share of hot moments portrayed very modestly, leaving a lot to the imagination, the same can be said about the description of the canoe trip. I was left often wondering if parts of the story were missing and did I arrived at the right scenario. Although I found the book to have had its appealing moments it missed intrigue and mystery leaving my mind to wander way too much, for that reason, at times I was bored and contemplated abandoning it.
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Familiar, Janv. 26 2008
I was two thirds of the way through the book before it picked up and even then it was predictable. This is a tired story that's been done before. I had to force myself to finish it.
She has some lovely thoughts at the end about the human condition but her characterization is less than fresh. Setting the book in Yellowknife could not revive this one. I can't believe it won the Giller.
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Mrs. Q: Book Addict : Visit my blog for newest reviews., Janv. 26 2008
I really didn't enjoy the book. I had high expectations, and I felt that the plot didn't go anywhere. It was not what I expected. It was too hard to get into, and the pace was too slow. I could not relate to any character. I thought the topic sounded really interesting, but it isn't a book i'd recommend.
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