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Originally Posted by issybird
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.
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OK, not boring. Extremely tedious with characters you not only didn't like but would not mind if they went away forever. That's
A Passage to India. It was too long given how bad it is. When a book is that bad, it's always too long.
I don't recall what it is about
Pride and Prejudice I didn't like. I just know I really didn't like it.
Oh and put down any book with a half naked man on the cover that's labeled romance. Those are really awful.