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Anonymous wrote:I wish I could unread Olive Kitteridge. It really depressed me and made life seem small, sad and meaningless.

This is fascinating to me. I wrote a paper on it in grad school about how creating empathy is the highest function of fiction and Olive Kitteridge exemplifies that. I thought it was the ultimate story of hope.

DP. I just finished it last week, and found it incredibly touching. I felt for Olive.

Anonymous wrote:I wish I could unread Olive Kitteridge. It really depressed me and made life seem small, sad and meaningless.

This is fascinating to me. I wrote a paper on it in grad school about how creating empathy is the highest function of fiction and Olive Kitteridge exemplifies that. I thought it was the ultimate story of hope.

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Anonymous wrote:The Alchemist

Just read this and HATED IT. So trite.

I didn't get 30 pages in before quitting. The writing is downright bad. Really, really bad. It's like the book is some kind of imitation of "deep" for people who are at the top of the bell and think they are to the right of it.

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Anonymous wrote:Heartburn by Nora Ephron. Insufferable characters, totally unreadable.

You know when she wrote that and about whom, right ? That explains a lot

DP! No, do tell!

Anonymous wrote:Heartburn by Nora Ephron. Insufferable characters, totally unreadable.

You know when she wrote that and about whom, right ? That explains a lot

I wish I could unread Olive Kitteridge. It really depressed me and made life seem small, sad and meaningless.

Didn’t read all the pages so maybe this is a repeat, but I didn’t like Cutting for Stone. Very unlikable main character and sexist portrayal of the female characters. The author tried to be Dickens and Rushdie and god knows who else rolled into one. Needed a better editor.

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Anonymous wrote:The Women by Kristin Hannah. I won't read anything by her every again.

Kristin Hannah’s Great Depression book was the last straw for me. I’m glad I got off the train before The Women because it seems many don’t like it!

I HATED The Four Winds. The Women is fine, but it's like Vietnam Soap Opera? Which is a weird category. I think I'm done with Kristen Hannah unless my book club makes me read another one.

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Anonymous wrote:The Women by Kristin Hannah. I won't read anything by her every again.

Kristin Hannah’s Great Depression book was the last straw for me. I’m glad I got off the train before The Women because it seems many don’t like it!

+1

Poisonwood Bible.
Mosquito Coast.
Harry Potter series

Anonymous wrote:The Alchemist

Just read this and HATED IT. So trite.

Anonymous wrote:The Crawdads one. Horrible.

+1- that was the first book that came to mind...

Anonymous wrote:Lessons in Chemistry

Agreed. The writing is so stilted and the premise is awful and exaggerated. I feel embarrassed for people when they rave about it.

Anonymous wrote:The Women.
Tragedy porn at it's finest. ANd horrible writing.

I feel like this about The Women and also The Four Winds. I wanted to throw that one out the window when I finished. It's so odd bc some others of her's (The Great Alone esp) are some of my faves.

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Anonymous wrote:Midnight Library

Absolute toxic drivel from someone who doesn't understand mental illness.

odd, because he suffers from it.

LOL, my bookclub is reading this one right now. I'm not very far into it, but I am not loving it at all

I finished this last year. I liked the overall message and deep thoughts it brought on. But I hated the main character, and since the book is seeing inside her head constantly, it made me dislike her more. The most ungrateful person I can imagine. I understand she was depressed but ..
The mystical stuff also seemed convenient, not consistent.

Still, I’d rate it a 4 out of 5. As I said just for the concept and messages learned.