08-13-2013, 09:01 AM | #241 |
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Indeed. I'm pretty quick to give up on a book if it drags for too long (I've never gotten out of Tom Bombadil's forest in LoTR....) but I don't feel CC fell into this category. I got past the opening poetry and Robin's engagement thrills, which was, in retrospect, important to appreciating her later decisions, and once she met Strike, I thought things moved along just fine.
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08-13-2013, 04:28 PM | #242 |
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I don't admit it often, but I'm an action junky. Someone start shooting by page 3, please!!!
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Explosions definitely count. Fist-fights, a couple of flashes of knives; they're all good. I'm really quite flexible.
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