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All ahead of me so!A Storm of Swords is without a doubt the best in the franchise and IMO ine of the best ever.
All ahead of me so!A Storm of Swords is without a doubt the best in the franchise and IMO ine of the best ever.
For me it was the worst one on the series, mainly because almost all of my favorite characters are not on it.I should finish AFFC tonight. Up to page 730, think it's around 800.
Thank-you that was an excellent call, read Mortal Fear last night and it was a cracking read, also have the rest of his books now available to read, if they are half as good as this one they will be good reads.106 books and not one Greg Iles. Do yourself a favour. Dead Sleep and Mortal Fear in particular.
I had a slow reading weekend. Only on page 200 of A Clash of Kings.Starting ADWD.....now.
No I'll go ahead and read it, I'm a bit anal about completing series in their entirety and correct order. The 'Penn Cage' series looks interesting too though I'm not sure if I'll like his World War ll series as I'm not a big fan of war books (though I did love Sven Hassels books many years ago), I'll probably give them a go. Thanks again for the heads-up.Good man. Glad you're enjoying them. Just don't bother or be put off by Sleep No More. Not one of his better ones.
Dead Sleep was the first one I read and got me hooked so I hope you enjoy that as much as Mortal Fear
Jan Moir's review made me laugh. If she hates it, it must be good/Here's a round-up of reviewers' opinions ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/27/jk-rowling-the-casual-vacancy-review-roundup
...which range from 'Arghhh Christ, it's awful!' to 'OMGZ it's teh awesome!'.
Finished Dead Sleep and Sleep No More and have to say I loved both of them, I can see why you didn't take to Sleep No More, it is completely far fetched, the idea of 'soul transmitgration' via the act of orgasm is a bit hard to accept but if you put that aside, the story itself just pulls you in, reminded me a bit of the Denzil Washington film 'Fallen'. I don't know what it is about Iles writing but I find once I start I find it very hard to put them down. Have now started his 'Penn Cage' series.Good man. Glad you're enjoying them. Just don't bother or be put off by Sleep No More. Not one of his better ones.
Dead Sleep was the first one I read and got me hooked so I hope you enjoy that as much as Mortal Fear
One of my favs."To Kill a Mockingbird" isn't over-hyped rubbish. I can't put it any more simply.
I read it when I was 13 and enjoyed it. I will read it again and see how it stands up.I read catcher when I was about 18 and thought it was shite then, and I'm sure I would think less of it if I read it now (10 years later).
Large parts of it purport to be narrated by a child but it's not a credible child's voice. The black characters are underwritten and seem to exist so that the white ones can be brave, perceptive, cruel etc."To Kill a Mockingbird" isn't over-hyped rubbish. I can't put it any more simply.
Yeah, fair points. Kid's don't get wistful like that. So it's not strictly a child's voice, but the tone and reflections are. I'd say the key to the book isn't that it's a kid's voice and style, but rather the revelations within are unique to her at her age. That was the real significance of it being told by a young girl, not her not-very-kid-like narrative style.Large parts of it purport to be narrated by a child but it's not a credible child's voice. The black characters are underwritten and seem to exist so that the white ones can be brave, perceptive, cruel etc.
I was a little disappointed in it. From the reputation of the book, I was expecting it to be as powerful as The Grapes Of Wrath but, for me, it fell a long way short of that. It is probably dated, as the American social culture that it pertains to is no longer relevant, to that extent anyway. I thought that it read a bit like a children's moral tale."To Kill a Mockingbird" isn't over-hyped rubbish. I can't put it any more simply.
It's the voice and thoughts of an adult, an annoying piece of ventriloquism which is a fatal flaw in the bookYeah, fair points. Kid's don't get wistful like that. So it's not strictly a child's voice, but the tone and reflections are. I'd say the key to the book isn't that it's a kid's voice and style, but rather the revelations within are unique to her at her age. That was the real significance of it being told by a young girl, not her not-very-kid-like narrative style.
What was also telling of her age was the nuanced stuff that she likely couldn't really understand, but that became obvious to the reader..
Yeah, the black people only wrestle with the rope, while the white guys have moral questions to wrestle with. It could be construed as massive irony but it isn't.The black folks in there wouldn't be fleshed out as whole characters, but then even though the major plot focus involves the trial, it's not about them.
Good luck finding anything as powerful as "Grapes of Wrath". Might be my favorite American novel.I was a little disappointed in it. From the reputation of the book, I was expecting it to be as powerful as The Grapes Of Wrath but, for me, it fell a long way short of that. It is probably dated, as the American social culture that it pertains to is no longer relevant, to that extent anyway. I thought that it read a bit like a children's moral tale.
Your fatal flaw is subjective. Doesn't seem to have bothered a lot of folks that read it.It's the voice and thoughts of an adult, an annoying piece of ventriloquism which is a fatal flaw in the book
FFS Do you consciously strive to be this pompous, or is just to score points with your foppish quips? So can any book written with characters of dissimilar race, or social/economic status, that doesn't focus on the disadvantaged qualify as ironic rubbish?Yeah, the black people only wrestle with the rope, while the white guys have moral questions to wrestle with. It could be construed as massive irony but it isn't.