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Gina Dalfonzo's avatar

You were unfair toward my favorite book (A Tale of Two Cities)! :-) I concede that the beginning is difficult. It's one of those books that builds sloooooowly but relentlessly to a shattering finish -- you don't even find out who the hero actually is until about eight chapters from the end. I wish you could start at the end and see just how great (and non-stodgy) it turns out to be, but obviously that wouldn't work. Still, I hope one day, maybe even years from now, you can give it another try and get through it.

The world-building thing ... that's why I had to put Jasper Fforde's latest down. I loved Fforde so much back in the day, but his latest novel was all "line of dialogue/paragraphs of world-building/line of dialogue/paragraphs of world-building/line of dialogue." I couldn't take it. I can't remember now if he was always like that and I was just more patient back then, but I'm certainly not patient enough for it now.

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Georgina Bruce's avatar

Ooh I loved I Who Have Never Known Men - although it was kind of bleak. Thanks for reading (and liking!) my collection :) I think your reading year seems quite busy, really - good work!

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