The Official Unofficial Book Group Book Discussion thread
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Jan 2020
11:04am, 12 Jan 2020
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Peregrinator
Hmmm, realising that a poem could be about sex, along with much else, Blake's The Sick Rose: poets.org Much later, that these things didn't have to be taken quite so seriously, Adrian Mitchell's Celia, Celia: oatridge.co.uk |
Jan 2020
2:49pm, 12 Jan 2020
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Diogenes
I’m 7/9 of the way through All That Man Is by David Szalay. It’s making me unhappy. It’s not a novel, it is nine increasingly depressing long short stories about a serious of unpleasant and inadequate men. Women only exist as potential sexual partners. Most of the stories just end nowhere in particular, making the reader have to go back to see if they missed something. They didn’t.
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Jan 2020
2:51pm, 12 Jan 2020
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TomahawkMike
Sounds depressing Dio Move on.. |
Jan 2020
3:29pm, 12 Jan 2020
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LazyDaisy
I wouldn't bother with the remaining 2/9, Dio, and I'd put a post-it with that comment inside it when it goes to the charity shop!
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Jan 2020
3:30pm, 12 Jan 2020
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LindsD
That ^
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Jan 2020
3:53pm, 12 Jan 2020
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Diogenes
There are lots of 1-star reviews that say much the same as I didz
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Jan 2020
5:51pm, 12 Jan 2020
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Columba
Thanks for the warning, Dio.
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Jan 2020
12:38pm, 14 Jan 2020
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Diogenes
I continued with ATMI as I was so near to the end, and I was glad I did. Part 7, perhaps the bleakest and most depressing of all ended with an unexpected, almost heart-warming twist. I also liked Part 8. As the men are getting older they are becoming more sympathetic. It also provides the arc of a novel, something that was lacking, or not obvious for much of the book. I'm on the final part now. Needless to say it's going to leave a far better impression on me than I thought it would.
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Jan 2020
1:01pm, 14 Jan 2020
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Serendippily
Quarter way through the wonder. Enjoying it so far although they are laying on the ignorance of the main character with a trowel
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Jan 2020
1:04pm, 14 Jan 2020
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GregP
"Oh, is this um, Harry Dresden? The, ah, wizard?" Her tone was apologetic, as though she were terribly afraid she would be insulting me. No, I thought. It's Harry Dresden, the, ah, lizard. Harry the wizard is one door down. It is the prerogative of wizards to be grumpy. It is not, however, the prerogative of freelance consultants who are late on their rent, so instead of saying something smart, I told the woman on the phone, "Yes ma'am. How can I help you today?" |
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