Best longish book that is worth the time

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Anonymous wrote:My unpopular opinion: The Goldfinch

Goldfinch was great! Not as long as some of the others listed, but loved it.

I’m PP and I loved it too!

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Try the game of thrones books

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Anonymous wrote:I’m reading Demon Copperhead. 600 hundred pages long and it is sagging. I want to quit! I can’t bare to read it anymore, I don’t care about Demon. Too much internal dialogue and not enough plot.

I fast forwarded and skipped a bunch. The ending was good. I just couldn't.

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some of these suggestions are really schlocky.

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A Suitable Boy
The Raj Quartet
In Search of Lost Time
My Struggle by Knausgaard
The Once and Future King

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Cloudsplitter by Russel Banks
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
Pretty much every novel by Anthony Trollope - and he wrote around 40! I've read 18 and love them all.

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Oh, and Middlemarch by George Eliot

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Anonymous wrote:I’m reading Demon Copperhead. 600 hundred pages long and it is sagging. I want to quit! I can’t bare to read it anymore, I don’t care about Demon. Too much internal dialogue and not enough plot.

It gets better.

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Lincoln Highway. I couldn’t get into it at first, but then loved it! I convinced a friend to push through too and she ended up loving it.

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Anonymous wrote:Anna Karenina

+1

Also, The Thornbirds and Where the Crawdads Sing

Enjoyed both of these and Gone With the Wind

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The Far Pavilions by MM Kaye

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Anonymous wrote:A Prayer for Owen Meany

This is my favorite book.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, and Middlemarch by George Eliot

I read that as a teen. The only storyline from it that I can remember is Dorothea's. It was kind of horrible and heartbreaking and emotionally impactful. Nothing about the rest of the book can I remember 40 years later, other than the fact it was a massive slog to get through.

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Anonymous wrote:Cutting for Stone was excellent.

Have you tried his new book?

I'm a DP and while it was good, The Covenant of Water pales in comparison to Cutting for Stone.

But both fall into the longish-but-worth-reading category for me.

I absolutely hated the Covenant of Water. Felt like trauma porn after a while.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cutting for Stone was excellent.

Have you tried his new book?

I'm a DP and while it was good, The Covenant of Water pales in comparison to Cutting for Stone.

But both fall into the longish-but-worth-reading category for me.

I absolutely hated the Covenant of Water. Felt like trauma porn after a while.

Oh no! I’ve been looking forward to this one. It’s next on my bookshelf.

There is a line that so many authors cross. Yes, protagonists need lots of crap to overcome, but they also need happiness too. Scenes of exhilaration, happiness, growth, exaltation are all essential and keep us invested! Ugh