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Originally Posted by Victoria
These aren’t classics, and they’re very highly rated. However I found The Name of the Rose and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance tedious and pretentious, back when I read them. I always suspected that many of my friends, who absolutely idolized them, hadn’t actually read them.  |
I genuinely enjoyed them both, though Zen was a while back when I was more patient. Thought Rose did have a few pages where it went on. The movie was great, which I think shows it has a good story line. I tried Foucalt's Pendulum. Now that seriously went on...First chapter is great though. Quit after that.
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Originally Posted by Victoria
A bit off topic, but I also don’t understand how anyone could like Thomas Hardy. Admire his writing, definitely, but to me, enjoying Hardy is like claiming to enjoy a toothache.
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Yeah, don't like Hardy. Long-winded, like most of the stuff from that period.