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Anonymous wrote:A heartbreaking work of staggering genius. More recently, normal people. Many of the ones listed, crawdads, nightingale.

I loved this book. But I've not been able to get thru anything by him since. Maybe it was a teenage crush that pushed me through? Who knows.

Have you tried Zeitoun or What is the What? They’re two of my favorite books.

Anonymous wrote:The Overstory. The first part was good, but once the main story started, I lost all interest. My good friend, who reads as much as I do, said exactly the same thing. And yet it spent many weeks on the bestseller list, at least locally. I wonder how many people actually finished it!

I felt the opposite. The story felt so slow at first and serial tragedies felt over the top. The second half really picked up for me.

Agree with dislike for Fates and Furies.

Andc agree that Dan Brown is not a great writer but I did devour one of his books on a long distance train ride and vastly enjoyed the experience.

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Anonymous wrote:To Kill a Mocking Bird
The Death of a Salesman
Twilight

A lot of others I can't think of.

I've been hesitating on Where The Crawdads Sing. Usually if it's really raved about I end up disgusted that I wasted my time.

I was disgusted by the book itself and that I wasted my time on it.

I thought Where the Crawdads Sing was pretty awful but pushed through. The movie looks like it's even worse.

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Anonymous wrote:The Help

Hunger Games

Ha, I thought I had clicked onto the "laugh out loud" thread and I was really wondering about this PP's mental stability. Now it makes.

Haha!!

I never liked anything by Hilary Mantel. I was sort of astonished by her popularity given how opaque and convoluted her writing style. But then not everything appeals to everyone, right?

Untamed by Glennon Doyle. Terrible. Really wanted to like it. Really tried to like it. But it became so very gratingly irritating that I just couldn't.

Anonymous wrote:The Help

Hunger Games

Ha, I thought I had clicked onto the "laugh out loud" thread and I was really wondering about this PP's mental stability. Now it makes.

The Help

Hunger Games

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Anonymous wrote:Just finished Song of Achilles....wanted to like it but ultimately did not.

NOOOOOO... did you by any chance read Circe? If you did, wondering how they compare.

I’m a different poster, but I also didn’t love SoA. But it was because of the writing style. The further I got from reading it, the more I enjoyed the actual story. I did not read Circe, as I was told the writing style was the same.

Harriett the Spy. Yuck!

Anonymous wrote:Just finished Song of Achilles....wanted to like it but ultimately did not.

NOOOOOO... did you by any chance read Circe? If you did, wondering how they compare.

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Anonymous wrote:Rock Paper Scissors...boring and predictable

The children's picture book?

No, it's a adult fiction by Alice Feeney

Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.

Video gaming and trauma. Not my cup of tea, but everyone seems to love it. I sorted the GoodReads reviews and read the 1-2 stars to feel better about how I felt.

DP. I just started a thread about not liking this book. It wasn’t the video games or the trauma for me, just a bunch of unlikeable characters doing dull things.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.

Video gaming and trauma. Not my cup of tea, but everyone seems to love it. I sorted the GoodReads reviews and read the 1-2 stars to feel better about how I felt.

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Anonymous wrote: I did not particularly like Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. I was told by so many people that this book was amazing and it just didn’t resonate with me

I first tried reading Lonesome Dove after I had my first child almost 20 years ago during maternity leave. I have since tried to pick it up numerous times. I cannot get through the first 1/3 of the book and have given up at this point. I cannot get into the book.

I've picked up a few McMurtry books, read ~20 pages and put them down forever.
Lonesome Dove, on the other hand, completely grabbed me. Loved it. Actually felt sad with about 50 pages to go that it was going to end.