Partials discussion

I don't think I've ever been so annoyed from reading one word, it is seriously annoying me to no end.

I've been reading this book and taking notes for a review, and one of my biggest notes is the overuse of this word. Not to mention it is not researched very well. Kudzu is only common in the United States in the Southeast. It is not nearly warm enough in New York for this plant. The book mentions nothing about Global Warming so I seriously doubt it can be said that it's warmed up enough for this plant.

Ever heard of Ivy, reed, olive? These are all more common in New York than kudzu, but the only one's I'm hearing are kudzu and trees.

Love the book so far, though. I think doing a detailed review is making me nitpick a bit though, cause a lot of little details are bugging me.

I guess global warming was implied...at least, I thought so. But I agree, it started to get on my nerves. Maybe the fifth time or so.

Oh My God... You took the words right out of my mouth!
This is Hilarious... XD

Yes I do have to agree, although I do still love this book. My question is, why Kudzu?

I know! I actually started counting after I saw it the fourth time. Kudzu was mentioned around nineteen times.

After meeting the author, I could say he isn't the brightest crayon in the box. I'm sure he uses kudzu just because of it's confining quality- it had a tendency to wrap things up mercilessly in which you can't break free.

However, ivy probably would have sufficed. Or at least, come up with another way to describe it!

I actually found Kudzu fun and kinda cute.

Lord I definitely agree with you but I did love the book

LOL!!! I was thinking the same thing, except I wasn't planning on "throwing the book out the window" It was still a good book though :)

I was so confused my what kudzu was and why it was everywhere. I still don't know what it is.

Julianna wrote: "I was so confused my what kudzu was and why it was everywhere. I still don't know what it is."

I completely agree, so I looked it up and then looked up pictures lol

Erin wrote: "Julianna wrote: "I was so confused my what kudzu was and why it was everywhere. I still don't know what it is."

I completely agree, so I looked it up and then looked up pictures lol"

This is so funny, I had to do the same lol

Haha I had to look up kudzu too! I'd never heard someone use that word before.

Completely loved this book otherwise, though it was definitely a strange word choice.

I felt the same way!!! How many Times I kept thinking am I going to hear that word.

Jamie (The Title Page) wrote: "I don't think I've ever been so annoyed from reading one word, it is seriously annoying me to no end.

I've been reading this book and taking notes for a review, and one of my biggest notes is the ..."

I think that when he mention's 'kudzu', it isn't so much that specific plant that is supposed to be mentioned, so much as the implication of decay, and plants taking over.. if that makes sense.
But yes he does use it quite a bit =)

That is true. It was said like twenty million times ;P

Actually kudzu has even infested parts of North Dakota, which is one of the coldest states, and is rapidly spreading at a rate of 150,000 acres per year. It is one of the most destructive and invasive plants in the US. It would not be a stretch of the imagination to imagine its range spreading to NY in the next 50 years, especially if there are no humans attempting to contain it. Many invasive plants that were primarily Southern have been slowly creeping farther and farther North in recent years as a result of many variables, including global warming. Kudzu completely takes over an area, eradicating all native vegetation, climbing over everything, it can even uproot a tree. If its range was extended to NY with no humans there to control it, in 11 years it would completely ravage the city, leaving few, if any, other plants in its wake.

oh my god!!! the kudzu!!!!
i actually found this discussion when i typed "kudzu, partials" into google LOL. i HAD to know what it was and then I had to know that other people out there were just as irritated by its overusage in this book as I am!!!
I am really, really enjoying this book otherwise. But if he says it one more time i'm goimng to scream.