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Wizard
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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I finished The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt yesterday. She paints a rather vivid picture of the world back then but I am wondering whether to give it a 3 or a 4 (out of 5). I I think she was trying to do too much, make too many points. Also, the ending was frustrating.
Okay, so we have 5 families in 1890s England. This makes for a lot of characters and 4 of the families have quite a few secrets. By the end of the book, you know all these secrets, except for the two main ones. This is what makes the ending so infuriating. Yes, you have maybe an 80% certainty of what went on but you'll never really know (I'm being vague for brevity and lack of spoilers). With all the different characters and quite a bit of exposition about the times that sometimes feels like a textbook (yes, an engaging textbook but a textbook, nonetheless), the moral, thesis, point, thing gets muddled. Also, I wasn't able to become attached to any of the many characters, with the possible exceptions of Dorothy and Phillip. I'm not sorry I read it, though. |
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Florida, USA
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Land of the Loonie
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: American living in Australia
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I just finished The Kitchen House. Today, I started I, Zombie; however tomorrow The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton comes out, so I'm in a bit of a fix. I will end up reading two incredibly different books at the same time.
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#14391 |
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Currently reading: Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
On deck: Anno Dracula: Dracula Cha Cha Cha by Kim Newman |
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![]() I finished up South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami. An enjoyable little read. I also finished up Storm Front by Jim Butcher. I think I should have liked this more, but I didn't. The action was good, but the jokes were tired and unfunny and I found the first half of the book just kind of dull. Brief moments that were good, but too brief. |
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: By the water in Nova scotia
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I'm reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and quite enjoying it!!
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^I really enjoyed The Graveyard Book. Just a fun story.
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I'm going to start Bright Young Things by Scarlett Thomas. It was a bargain 20pence on the Kindle UK store.
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^^Damn. $8.66US for Canadians from Amazon US. I've wanted to read that one for a while. Can I actually buy it from Amazon.co.uk for that price? It's giving me a buy now with 1-click button.
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Location: Norfolk, England
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Next up: Simon The Coldheart by Georgette Heyer And early Georgette Heyer, and it shows. I can understand why she didn't want it republished! But interesting just the same. |
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The Twelve! I'm so exicted! I've been waiting for this one.
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