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Jan 2018
8:46pm, 26 Jan 2018
21,370 posts
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LindsD
Gosh. I am slightly relieved that I wasn't the only one who loved it, but wish that Columba had liked it more (because I don't like to disagree with people I like :))
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Jan 2018
8:12am, 27 Jan 2018
26,228 posts
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Diogenes
I’m really glad you loved it so much, Linds.
I totally accept Columba’s response, even if I can’t share it However, Daz, I think you are completely wrong to say CMode feels rushed. While clearly not the work of years, it is obviously the product of careful planning and execution. If not it would be a longer, flabbier vehicle, lacking the steady acceleration and escalation it maintains before driving itself over a cliff.
Hugging book-loving runners (I use the term loosely in my case) is something all good booksellers should do.
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Jan 2018
8:15am, 27 Jan 2018
39,090 posts
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Bintmcskint
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Jan 2018
8:47am, 27 Jan 2018
5,644 posts
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Serendippily
I thought it was a really good choice Dio - new to all of us I think and inspired a great pastiche from McG. I can understand the reactions good and bad and it’s done pretty well in the polls
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Jan 2018
8:59am, 27 Jan 2018
32,872 posts
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McGoohan
Booksellers hugging runners should be part of their charter
This choice has generated more chat than most, hasn't it?
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Jan 2018
9:05am, 27 Jan 2018
26,230 posts
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Diogenes
Possibly, although that’s partly my fault for being argumentative and going in to bat for my choice.
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Jan 2018
12:19pm, 27 Jan 2018
14,771 posts
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Columba
Book-loving runners
Run-loving bookworms
It's funny, I didn't dislike it in the sense of feeling it was a waste of time (as I do feel with some books). I'm very interested to read what other people have made of it. And intrigued by the author's theory that The Novel has more-or-less written itself to a standstill. May yet pass it on to another family member, for the sake of her opinion.
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Jan 2018
3:34pm, 29 Jan 2018
7,591 posts
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becca7
A bit late finishing this, in spite of its brevity. I enjoyed this even in spite of being disturbed at the disproportionate scale of the debits. I was initially jarred by Christie gouging the scratch into the side of the building, but that overreaction set the tone for what followed. I was a bit dense when it came to the reference to xtie as I was was wondering why all of sudden he was Chinese.
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Feb 2018
8:00pm, 5 Feb 2018
8,333 posts
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Little Nemo
A weird book for me as it wasn't totally a novel. It was more a musing about what a novel should be and what it should contain. Luckily the humour saved it as otherwise I think I might have found it irritating. I found the bits were he's able to pick up banned substances and circumvent security amusing but it was a fine line to being too deus ex machina in places. I wasn't totally convinced by the ending though.
I did like the main character and his butcher bird and I enjoyed the setting as I know Hammersmith. It was also interesting from a historical point of view of a time before mobiles and computers.
There were quite a few words that I'd never heard of so it was educational as well. Still don't think I properly understood double-entry accounts though
I gave it a 7.
Off to read everyone's comments now!
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Feb 2018
8:30pm, 5 Feb 2018
8,334 posts
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Little Nemo
Really interesting range of opinions on this, enjoyed reading them all. And a round of applause for McG
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