Friday, February 27, 2004

On Friday, February 27, 2004
he debated the quality of "The Celestine Prophecy" with Kari. The stilted dialogue, uneven pacing, poorly developed characters, and excessive use of past passive voice all contributed to Pete's poor opinion of the novel. Kari felt that, poor grammar aside, the book's message merited a favorable review. In her opinion, the Celestine Prophecy's positive message about energy and relationships between people redeemed the work. But Pete found flaw with the novel's content as well. "It's kind of new-agey," he said. "Auras? C'mon!" "Pete!" said Kari, "you're taking it too literally." Pete thought to himself, "Perhaps I could take it metaphorically if the writer had the grammar proficiency of, say, an eighth grader."

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