When God Was a Rabbit question

I thought the sex scene was good, necessary even. It showed her need to feel alive when something inside her died with the disappearance of her brother. She describes the even as giving her a new "breath", a hope that it will all turn out alright.

Yes, the event is uncharacteristic, but that's the idea: consumed by loss we do uncharacteristic things to fill the hole.

And yes, I enjoyed the book enormously. Not sure if you can tell.

I enjoyed the book but I know what you mean about the sex scene it felt misplaced within the story and I don't know what she has trying to achieve by adding it in. I also felt while I was reading the book that I was waiting, waiting for some kind of pivotal scene or event and at the end I felt it fell flat.

I thought the pivotal scene was finding her brother alive?

Completely agree with the first two posts. The scene was unnecessary. No idea why Winman had decided to add it. Elly didn't strike me as the type; not, if the rest of the book was taken properly into account. But oh well. Many scenes were just..there. For the sake of filling the space. As much as it didn't make sense, I wasn't surprised.

I wrote a lengthy review about what had put me off. I was incredibly frustrated with this novel, for it had promised to be wonderful. And I felt mistreated! :S

I absolutely loved the book, I would go as far as to say it is one of the best books I have read. I agree with Glitter to a point, the sex scene is important to our understanding of Elly's emotional state at the time. Were I don't agree is that this behaviour would have been uncharacteristic for Elly. What we know of her is that she is a person emotionally damaged by trauma who sometimes makes choice based on emotion even when they are unhelpful (such as not sticking with jobs and having sex with someone for cab fair). I was not in the least offended by the language, it just made me love Elly more.

I as you can tell loved the book.

Sex and death...it's an old theme and perfectly acceptable in the context of the book.

i did enjoy it but it was a problem after a problem after a problem, i told my friend everytime i read it, and everytime i told her about it, something always happened, i think elly was quite unlucky with all the things that have happened to her, it's like they fitted all the things that happens to average people and put all these things into one person which is too much, although this was the case i found it exciting because so much was happening and rather funny at times, i would recommend

A book in two half's. The first I enjoyed reading, but the second just did not 'fit' or ring true in anyway. I wondered off a bit- it just didn't keep my interest.

I know some rave about it but it just did not flow as a story or seem believable in parts.

Read it for book club, I don't think I would have picked it up otherwise.