Book Group - 'Nod' discussion thread

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Columba Jan 2017 6:14pm, 12 Jan 2017 12,160 posts	0 Columba Sera - agree with you about The End of the World Running Club as opposed to Nod. I haven't read The Road, though I did see the film. Should put that right. It was a good film, though very grey (visually) and very bleak.
GregP Jan 2017 6:18pm, 12 Jan 2017 89,138 posts	0 GregP I'm actually going to start visiting people with copies of Station Eleven and forcing them to read it I think.
quimby Jan 2017 6:26pm, 12 Jan 2017 4,128 posts	0 quimby No need to come round here. I loved the thing. Currently flapping it at the OH.
Diogenes Jan 2017 6:29pm, 12 Jan 2017 19,951 posts	0 Diogenes Just as I checked the updates on this thread, Mrs D said to me that The Land Of Nod is shutting down. This is a local bed shop.
GregP Jan 2017 9:14pm, 12 Jan 2017 89,140 posts	0 GregP Well yes Q, but you is me sister from another mister - you don't count
Seratonin Jan 2017 9:27pm, 12 Jan 2017 13,472 posts	0 Seratonin Okay Greppers. I just looked on amazon for Station 11 and it was £1.29. On the strength of your recommendation I have downloaded a copy. It better be good or else
GregP Jan 2017 8:37am, 13 Jan 2017 89,145 posts	0 GregP I hated it at the time. Best book I've read this century.
LindsD Jan 2017 12:00am, 14 Jan 2017 14,641 posts	0 LindsD Just saying hi. Too tired to review. More tomorrow
LindsD Jan 2017 12:38pm, 20 Jan 2017 14,760 posts	0 LindsD Realised I never did this. Hm. I liked Nod and raced through it as I was enjoying it. I liked the premise and wanted to know what happened. However with a bit of distance I'm a little disturbed by the downright nastiness of it all. There were really no likeable characters at all. A couple of mis-steps I spotted: I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's the Marcellus Wallace character in Pulp Fiction that threatens to 'get mediaeval...' not Samuel L. The other thing was: why would cars be abandoned? It wasn't a sudden event, people declined over weeks. Surely people's cars wd just have been parked? Overall I'm glad I read it and liked it. I'm giving it a 6.
LindsD Jan 2017 12:41pm, 20 Jan 2017 14,761 posts	0 LindsD PS Love Wyndham