tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6475092859972822963.post8036972140542432914..comments2024-01-08T14:12:18.699-05:00Comments on The Tulip Driven Life : CSFF Blog Tour: Rebels by Jill WilliamsonThomas F. Booherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11736735827849283028noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6475092859972822963.post-33108498116218303812014-10-03T10:39:58.263-05:002014-10-03T10:39:58.263-05:00I agree with you that many today in our culture do...I agree with you that many today in our culture do not pay attention to anything but themselves and their own interests. Yet I find it very hard to believe that everyone could be so self-absorbed as to not put together that liberation meant going to the Lowlands. I say that because nobody knew anyone from the Lowlands. There was no contact with them (if I understand correctly). So on the one hand there is this great mystery of liberation, which everyone watches on television, and this mystery of the Lowlands. It's too obvious. I would have found it more believable if the government had created some fake videos from the Lowlands that made it look like it was just a place for Strikers or something like that. Also, the fact that the rebels had no knowledge (from what I understand) of the Lowlands is even harder to believe. <br /><br />Did the book mention those who asked questions and were silenced? If so I do not remember that. <br /><br />Thanks for responding, and on the whole I did enjoy the trilogy. Thomas F. Booherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736735827849283028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6475092859972822963.post-86436071561671956652014-10-01T22:52:14.969-05:002014-10-01T22:52:14.969-05:00Thanks for reviewing the book! I appreciate it. As...Thanks for reviewing the book! I appreciate it. As to why they didn't notice the Lowlands, I was coming from the angle that those living in the Highlands and Midlands had been trained for so many years to live for nothing but themselves, for pleasure, and that they didn't care about anything else, didn't ask important questions. So many teens (and adults) today live that way. They don't want to know what's going on in the world. They don't want to hear about wars and killing and death. They just want to watch their football/TV shows or listen to their music or go watch movies or hang with friends, buy the stuff they want, etc. I imagined the Highlands and Midlands made up of nothing but these types of people who cared more about their manicures than a shell of a man bleeding on the street. And those that did ask questions were silenced. Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6475092859972822963.post-78751360598156032582014-09-30T22:37:30.110-05:002014-09-30T22:37:30.110-05:00I enjoyed this book very much except that I would ...I enjoyed this book very much except that I would have liked the series to last longer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6475092859972822963.post-23401617877536260302014-09-30T18:14:48.934-05:002014-09-30T18:14:48.934-05:00My thought was the Lowland would have been conside...My thought was the Lowland would have been considered the low end of society and those in the Midlands and Highlands didn't want to bring themselves down. After all when Omar was punished he was sent down to the Midlands so the Lowlands must be really bad.<br /><br />Enjoyed reading your insights. Meagan @ Blooming with Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15064663127323256501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6475092859972822963.post-83099647477254073262014-09-29T22:55:45.668-05:002014-09-29T22:55:45.668-05:00Hmmm...maybe people just don't WANT to know th...Hmmm...maybe people just don't WANT to know the truth about Liberation? (Well, I guess it turns out they evidently do, but sometimes people close their eyes to unpleasant things...but maybe the Safe Lands folks are just too lazy and complacent to really want to investigate?) If there could have been another 100 pages, there might have been some clearer answers.<br /><br />Good review! You have the same kind of analytic mind my writing partner has. :DJulie Bihnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16694252260205949341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6475092859972822963.post-73127640932659676572014-09-29T18:42:12.225-05:002014-09-29T18:42:12.225-05:00You raise some good points. BTW, it's hard to ...You raise some good points. BTW, it's hard to read your list of participants (of which I am one). You may want to put the code in the page instead of on the text portion.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6475092859972822963.post-9809646867241866282014-09-22T09:58:22.384-05:002014-09-22T09:58:22.384-05:00Good review. I am part of the tour too, but didn&#...Good review. I am part of the tour too, but didn't get any info on it. Did you get the participants list from Becky? I have emailed her, but no response. I am waiting to post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com