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Redemption Blues
Redemption Blues is offered as a personal journal, and helpfully lists the meaning of the title for you to ponder on - which you will if you take the time to delve into the six months of available archives. The author, Chameleon, has also taken the time to provide a link to the short story she has written of the same title, although, of course, I am not reviewing that, and shall leave that to you, dear reader.
The blog itself is very well written, and contains many posts relating to daily occurences in the author's life - the post pertaining to the wiseness of her four year old son sticks out in my mind, as do various commentaries regarding the political and social situation in Scotland, of which I am fortunately well-versed. This by no means should be taken as meaning that you may have to have some prior knowledge, I only point it out as a subject that could be interesting for you to learn more of, and what easier way than through a real person's experiences?
There are a smattering of evocative personal photos in the sidebar, lending a little more to the whole experience, and the lay-out is quite simple and clean. As mentioned previously, there is a link to the short story of the same title, and I'd recommend taking a look, if only to check out the highly descriptive style.
I enjoyed the read, and would encourage those who can understand "big words" to take a dive into the archives. This is most definitely not a blog for those who who type in text speak. Overall, I enjoyed the writer's style, and did have a few things to mull over after I'd finished perusing. Very thought-provoking.
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This site was reviewed on 2004-10-20 by Glampers.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
Glampers felt that Redemption Blues deserved a rating of 4.5.
This blog is very plain. Which is okay by me. I don't mind plain. It leaves room for the focal point to be on the words. And believe me, on this blog we are going to need all the room we can get, for I will venture to say that this blogger writes the longest entries I have thus far encountered in the blogosphere.
There is a cursory About page, with little real information about the author. But you might make a note of the fact that on the list of her favorite books, Ulysses is at the top.
The archives go back to May of 2004 and I dove in to get a feel for what is going on with our author. The entries are generally stream of consciousness impressions, and shift from the present to the past with a seamlessness that many times left me scratching my head. There is a liberal smattering of letters or diary entries from as far back as 1997. Most of the writing is rambling, which from time to time borders on the incoherent. Though the images invoked are vivid and beautifully crafted, they often seem disjointed and aloof. The only time I really connected with our author was in an entry from September 18th entitled "Grime". If you are going to read one sample from this blog, do try that one.
The overall tone of this blog left me feeling bleak. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But I would not call this a personal blog. I think it should be under the creative writing category, which would prepare the reader for what is to come.
If you enjoy atmospheric stream of consciousness writing, this is the blog for you. And I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the brilliant mind that obviously resides in these pages. But for the same reason I did not enjoy Ulysses, I did not enjoy this blog. Though I admit that I prefer my journeys to have a beginning and an end, for I like the satisfaction of completion. A pedantic’s view perhaps. But you may feel differently when you visit, and will curse me as an insufferable hack with no imagination. My advice is to go there yourself and make up your own mind.
This site was reviewed on 2004-10-20 by yetzirah.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
yetzirah felt that Redemption Blues deserved a rating of 4.
2 reviewers gave Redemption Blues an average rating of 4.2500
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