Bournville by Jonathan Coe - Book Group June 2024 discussion thread

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McGoohan
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10:36pm, 16 Sep 2024
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Interesting opinions. I liked it much much more. I am a bit of a fan of Coe's, I suppose and I'm predisposed to enjoy his stuff as I have a history of enjoying it. When you have a favourite author, I think perhaps you overlook some of their flaws (e.g. clunkiness) as part of the reading experience.

Ali Smith makes a great counter-example. I tend to feel that the first one I read of hers - How To Be Both - is her best book and everything I've read since just isn't as good. Which is a bit unfair of me, take each book on its own merits etc.
Diogenes
Diogenes
17 Sep
6:12am, 17 Sep 2024
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Diogenes
I loved her seasonal quartet, the Winter and Spring especially.
westmoors
westmoors
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9:57am, 19 Nov 2024
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westmoors
Finished this a few weeks ago, but forgot to pop in here. It was an OK read but as I'm struggling to remember much of it now, I guess it wasn't outstanding for me.

I did like how the racism was tackled. Firstly the German relative, then the reveal of Bridget's colour.

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Top Brummie author Jonathan Coe has returned to his roots* to give us this, his fourteenth novel.

Bournville tells the tale of Billy Wilder, the mysterious owner of a chocolate factory who offers five lucky children the chance to have a guided tour. Aided and sometimes resisted by Mr Wilder's assistants, the Brumpah-Lumpahs, will the children be able to solve the mystery in time?

When you have completed this tale of the unexpected, please dispose of your thoughts like a chocolate wrapper into a bin, into the thread below.

*Stupid fat fingers on the first post on this thread

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