The White Mercedes/The Butterfly Tattoo

zemarl · Postby **zemarl** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 4:46 pm

short little book, not new, about some fairly normal people as opposed to his dark materials, anyone besides me read it?

Postby **jessia** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:05 pm

it's not that short. it's a full novel technically.

i've read it, thought it good.

zemarl · Postby **zemarl** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:08 pm

well it seems short to me as i'm one for longer novels, but whatever. i did enjoy it, but i was a little confused. this is due to my tendency to read too fast and miss things, so i probably should go back and reread it.

Starshade · Postby **Starshade** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:14 pm

i bet you're nothing like Cookie though.
Read 2 Discworld books, at least, a day.
Read HP5 in a couple of hours.

zemarl · Postby **zemarl** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 12:45 am

Psy-Tychist wrote:i bet you're nothing like Cookie though.
Read 2 Discworld books, at least, a day.
Read HP5 in a couple of hours.

i don't follow exactly. when you say 'read' do you mean past tense referring to yourself, past tense referring to cookie, or imperative tense? if it's the first you're going to have to clarify what you meant about cookie.

Max · Postby **Max** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 1:43 am

zemarl wrote:imperative tense

Mood! Mood!

zemarl · Postby **zemarl** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:32 am

i'm totally confused. i once read the entire lord of the rings in six hours. brutal.

HDM Head 24-7 · Postby **HDM Head 24-7** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:57 pm

wait help...theeres a book about people totaly opposed to HDM do tell do tell. this is very intriging

zemarl · Postby **zemarl** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 4:44 am

the way you phrased that sounds like you don't understand what i said.

Postby **jessia** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 6:03 pm

the kid's been making terribly random comments lately.

DutchCrunch · Postby **DutchCrunch** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:52 am

Yeah I read it too
In my very humble opinion it is right up there with Sally and crew. The ending is quite surprising. Pullman has turned an essentially simple tale into a great story with maybe not so many twists, but a great ending. Nice read.

Symon · Postby **Symon** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:29 am

I read it years ago, but I think I enjoyed it. This one is completely realistic, right? I can't remember...

Alewyn · Postby **Alewyn** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:55 pm

i've been hunting it back. maybe christmas...?

DutchCrunch · Postby **DutchCrunch** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:28 am

Symon wrote:I read it years ago, but I think I enjoyed it. This one is completely realistic, right? I can't remember...

Don't know about realistic. But it is set in around 2000 or so I guess. And there are no other worlds, daemons or non earthly things.

manda · Postby **manda** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:07 am

The White Mercedes... Is this the one which was renamed The Butterfly Tattoo? I saw it in a bookstore, thought it sounded intriguing, though I knew better than to think my mum would buy it and I realised that my incredibly crappy library wouldn't have it. So I browsed through it and read the end, which didn't really make sense without reading the rest of the book. Obviously.

DutchCrunch · Postby **DutchCrunch** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:16 am

I'd say you need the rest of the book to understand, yes. The book is only about $5 though, right? Maybe you can look for coins stuck in the couch or offer to do all the chores for a year or two...might just work.

manda · Postby **manda** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:42 am

DutchCrunch wrote: The book is only about $5 though, right?

Actually, it's $20.

Ian · Postby **Ian** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:04 pm

Australian dollars aren't worth much.

My copy cost Ã‚Â£3.99, which would be $7.00 US, $8.20 CA, and $9.35 AU.

So while $20 australian might seem a lot it is in fact only Ã‚Â£8.50, which is what a thick paperback, or a smaller hardback normally costs.

So there. Erm...

DutchCrunch · Postby **DutchCrunch** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:31 pm

Ian wrote:Australian dollars aren't worth much.

My copy cost Ã‚Â£3.99, which would be $7.00 US, $8.20 CA, and $9.35 AU.

So while $20 australian might seem a lot it is in fact only Ã‚Â£8.50, which is what a thick paperback, or a smaller hardback normally costs.
So there. Erm...

Well it certainly isn't a thick paperback, nor a small hardback. It is a pretty small and short story. Longer than Lyra's Oxford, but not even close to Sally Lockhart books. So those worthless AUS$20 are quite a lot to ask for this book. Too bad it was just Christmas...

kyrabelacqua · Postby **kyrabelacqua** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:35 pm

I resent the fact that you think our wonderful currency is worthless.

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