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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember reading The Secret History back in the day and I thought it was dumb.  It made me think of those books that dumb people read because they think it makes them look smart (ie, Dan Brown).

Now I read references to it often on DCUM or other places and I wonder if I should give it another try.

I slog through nearly every book I start, no matter what, and I usually get a groove eventually.  There are only two books I haven't finished in the past few years:

I hated The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen - I know it won the pulitzer, but I just hated it.

Also, Something in the Water - the opening chapter is AMAZING.  But after that, ugh.  stupid people do stupid things.  (If the main character had simply not done one very simple straightforward thing, nothing in the book happens).

I've read another Catherine Steadman - Disappearing Act?  Good idea, but it just got boring.  Some of the narrator's decisions were driven by her fear of - get this - having a copy of someone else's car rental agreement.  Ooooh, you're going to get in trouble for that! Totally a reason not to go to the police.   Idiotic.   [/quote]

I loved The Sympathizer. LOVED it. So I thought I would also like the sequel, The Committed. Ugh, it was SO BAD. Like something a 23-year-old jointly enrolled in an MFA program and a graduate postcolonial studies program would produce. [/quote]

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