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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I know the difference between I didn't like it and it's awful. The problem with a book like Pride and Prejudice is the writing.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Another book I read that I thought was just awful is A Passage to India by E. M. Forster. It was awful from the first chapter. The writing is terrible.
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What’s wrong with the writing? You can’t just say that. Well, obviously you can and did, but unless you back it up with why, it’s meaningless. IMO, Austen’s writing is light, witty and incisive. And while I’m not a huge Forster fan, he doesn’t meet the bar for lying poseurs. The books are just not tough enough, or boring enough, or long enough. Boring alone won’t do. It’s gotta be two out of three.