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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gentleman in Moscow.  Everyone said it so good but I can't get through it.  [/quote]

Same. I don’t understand what people liked about this book.

Another DNF was The Goldfinch. I made it at least 2/3 of the way through. I liked the first section in NYC and really got into the Vegas part. But when the story shifted back again to NYC, I realized I no longer cared about the fate of the main character. At all. I tried to keep going, but I was done. Super weird for me to DNF that far in. Usually I drop a book much earlier. [/quote]I finished The Goldfinch but the last 2/3 I wanted the pace picked up a bit. At one point, I stopped reading and said aloud, “How many times do I have to read about somebody drinking coffee? Let’s get this albatross up into the air higher and flapping harder!”

Tartt is a fantastic writer —few can write as textbook perfect as she can, but writing all that scenery and detail slows down the plot. Some people like that kind of book but I like a faster pace. I think Gaiman struck the right balance between plot speed and detail.

I have read Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings about 11 times. It is my favorite story.

After six attempts, I gave up trying to read Ulysses by James Joyce. I could not make it past about 80 pages. It was pages and pages of vomit. The effort to read it all would be like trying to force myself to eat a dog turd. The book is that bad. I admit Joyce is highly intelligent and educated but he is not a storyteller.

I can tolerate so-so writing if the storytelling is good but I cannot tolerate poor storytelling no matter how great the writing skills of the author. [/quote]

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