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Originally Posted by bevdeforges
My lack of enthusiasm for The Corrections makes me real hesitant to bother with Freedom - and now I'm finding myself hesitant to attempt another book I found that looked interesting, but has been compared to The Corrections in a couple of reviews.
What I didn't like about The Corrections was the seemingly endless "background," replete with "shock value" scenes (like the "talking turd" scene, which struck me as completely OTT - point made, the man is anal retentive, let's move on). Oh well - on to the next novel.
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I try to ignore recommendations or -em, what's the opposite of a recommendation? a decommendation?- based on perceived similarities between books. Two books can be similar in an area that means nothing to me (like subject matter for instance) and differ wildly in others that do matter to me (like the writing). There are too many different reasons to like or dislike a book, a statement like "if you liked this, you will love that" simply means nothing in my opinion. Now I try to read an excerpt before I buy. It's not fool-proof of course, but combined with reviews that explain WHAT the reviewer liked or disliked in the book and why, it works more often than not.