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Originally Posted by issybird
A good discussion can make a book I didn't especially like interesting and frequently I will end up appreciating it, whether or not it's to my taste, and certainly I can learn a lot about what works and doesn't work, both objectively and for me. Enjoyment can come in more than one fashion.  |
Sometimes I agree, but in this case, neither the book nor the discussion is working for me. In fact, the opposite. Since the discussion has started, I've moved from a reluctant 3 stars to a thin 2 stars. I don't like this book and don't think it's even remotely worth the hype. But it
is good to have the discussion, and now I'm
sure I'll never want to read another Ishiguro.
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On topic: among the books I'm reading is The Secrets of Station X: How the Bletchley Park codebreakers helped win the war, which pretty much says it. It's interesting on the kind of topic I like, but would benefit from being fleshed out with more personalities; it's more like an encyclopedia entry than what I'd call a good read.
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Yes, I quite agree with that assessment. As a read, it doesn't compare well to
Between Silk and Cyanide, the other WWII book on codes that I read as a direct result of our War month. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed both, but Silk benefited from the author's voice and was quite entertaining as well as informative.