rereading charlotte's web and trumpet of the swan was great - they can keep their five stars. In the mind of whatever perverted dreamer might loose the lightning, New York must hold a steady, irresistible charm." so now i blame him for 9/11, too. Of all targets New York has a certain clear priority. white: "He never stopped loving New York, calling it "a riddle in steel and stone," but he also prophetically saw the vulnerability of the city: "A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate millions. the premise is disgusting, the characters are either delusional or petty or just plain jerks, the story is flimsy, the central conflict is who-caresish. but that doesn't excuse the beginning or the middle of the book, both equally atrocious. white was a hypochondriac who was convinced he was about to die and wanted to get this out to the publishers before that happened.
and i've since learned that the ending on this was rushed because e.b. now that i reread it for my paper, it gets what it deserves. i remember liking this book when i read it as a child, and i loved trumpet of the swan and charlotte's web like no other, so i just sense-memoried this into 4 stars.
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