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Originally Posted by curtw
I'm looking for a recommendation. HarryT's enthusiasm for Dickens has convinced me that I may have misjudged the man back in high school. Unfortunately, I still don't feel brave enough to venture straight back into his books.
Happily for me, though, I generally enjoy the books of Dan Simmons. Can anybody tell me if Drood is (1) entertaining in its own right, and (2) a good re-introduction for an old Dickens-hater?
Many thanks for any advice.
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Curt. If I may offer some advice, unasked for.
Read the book and decide for yourself. Someone may hate it, you may love it. You could be denying yourself a pleasurable read if others don't care for it, and you listen to them.
You may hate it. But if you read it for yourself, without others input, you'll at least know how you feel about it isn't colored by anothers view.
If I depended on others points of view, I would have never read "A Passage to India". I enjoyed it. Others really didn't.
same goes for Dickens. You may still hate the writing style and subjects. BUT.............you may not. You will never know until you begin reading......
But thats just me.
