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I'll add 'The Third Policeman' by Flann O'Brien. Allegorical bollocks.
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I think it’s brilliant. There’s only really the ‘Oxen of the Sun’ chapter which gets a bit difficult. It’s not even close to being Joyce’s most complex novel.Ulysses - I found it unreadable but I know I may be in the minority.
I read a lot of contemporary crime and some are really badly written. However, I tend to chuck them to one side rather than persevere.
One of my favourite books of all time. Apologies if I was one of the people recommending it.
I thought Cloud Atlas was pretty ...okay.Oh, don't get me started on f***ing Cloud Atlas. Total shite. It's worse than the Emperor's New Clothes, it's the Emperor's New Colostomy Bag
I read one of the Jack Reacher books and it was laughably bad. I still finished it though.
Calling me thick here? Cheers. I was doing it for an MA and managed to read Rushdie, Evelyn Waugh, Roth, Bellow and Kurt Vonnegut (hated Slaughterhouse 5 too) but admitted defeat with Joyce.I think it’s brilliant. There’s only really the ‘Oxen of the Sun’ chapter which gets a bit difficult. It’s not even close to being Joyce’s most complex novel.
This. How that drivel had everone hooked when it first came out baffles me.Dan Brown - Da Vinci Code: cackbabble
Hide and Seek by James Patterson
I think it was James Patterson that my ex tried to get me to read but I didn't like him.
I'll add 'The Third Policeman' by Flann O'Brien. Allegorical bollocks.
One of my favourite books of all time. Apologies if I was one of the people recommending it.
I would agree on that one. Love his writing usually but that was dreadful.
I thought Cloud Atlas was pretty ...okay.
Not half as clever as it thought it was but some of the stories were decent. If it was presented as a book of short stories without being split through the middle I would have probably enjoyed it more.
David Mitchell is my favourite author and as close to a perfect writer as I’ve ever found.I seem to be in the minority on here in rating David Mitchell as an author.
I've just remembered one for me "A Song of Stone" by Iain Banks. Really enjoy Banks' work generally but this bordered on unreadable.
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Oh, don't get me started on f***ing Cloud Atlas. Total shite. It's worse than the Emperor's New Clothes, it's the Emperor's New Colostomy Bag
I quite enjoyed it!A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
its award winning and came highly recommended, i persevered to about the half way point and just tutted at it, closed it, and gave it back. total waste of time
And yet they’ll happily slate a masterpiece like Cloud Atlas.Something by Terry Pratchett which will no doubt go down like a lead balloon on here
That’s simply not true. I expect better from you.