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Post by Sir Blimely Windy on May 15, 2007 20:18:08 GMT
What books were a total let-down?
For me?
'The Lord of the Rings'. I found the establishing of the whole mythology and setting for Middle Earth at the beginning so turgid that I could not continue.
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Post by adamzappel on May 15, 2007 20:26:10 GMT
Try again, Blimely, it is worth it, I assure you.
For me, the tough part was after the end of the Return of the King story. The appendices were really hard going and they make up almost one third of the book!
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Post by cheesygrin on May 15, 2007 20:29:01 GMT
Harry Potter I'm afraid.
Also The time travellers wife - overrated piffle, boooooring!
I thought LOTR was boring too, still haven't read the whole trilogy, doubt I ever will.
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Post by Nuala Bowtitt on May 15, 2007 20:30:45 GMT
The Scallagrig. Can't remember who it was by. After a glowing report from a colleague who actually broke down while speaking about it, I couldn't wait to read it. I knew all the time I was struggling with page five that I was missing the point but I just couldn't get a handle on it. This was a few years ago and perhaps if I tried it now, it would all fall into place........
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Post by ivy noidea on May 15, 2007 20:37:00 GMT
Catch 22. Loved the film but, despite several attempts because of PMN's encouragement, have never got past page 3.
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Post by smiffy on May 16, 2007 6:28:20 GMT
The Davinci Code. I did try, a couple of times, but not my cup of tea!
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Post by revmichael on May 16, 2007 7:09:02 GMT
I was disappointed with Alexander McCall Smith's Scottish books. I love the No 1 Detective Agency Books but, 44 Scotland Street disappointed me.
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Post by faeryboots on May 16, 2007 7:29:11 GMT
Sorry Michael, I hated Hard Times!
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Post by adamzappel on May 16, 2007 7:49:30 GMT
The Davinci Code. I did try, a couple of times, but not my cup of tea! I have to agree, Smiffy. Good plot but poorly executed.
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Post by shemlock on May 16, 2007 7:52:09 GMT
'I, Lucifer', by Glen Duncan, I have tried three times to read this' and successfully fall asleep each time. Apparently, it is being made into a film, so if I have trouble sleeping, I know where to go.
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Post by muvversoup on May 16, 2007 10:42:31 GMT
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
three times I got about a third in --- have never finished it!
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Post by carlott on May 16, 2007 10:52:52 GMT
Catch 22. Loved the film but, despite several attempts because of PMN's encouragement, have never got past page 3. Thats interesting as I enjoyed the book but not the film. Perhaps our view is determined by the order in which we do things?
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Post by michaelesterol on May 16, 2007 14:39:49 GMT
Everthing I ever tried to read by D.H.Lawrence....by which I mean The Rainbow.
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Post by bones2112 on May 16, 2007 15:17:30 GMT
I am with cheesy on the Harry Potter books, films were better for me
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Post by Peek on May 16, 2007 16:13:27 GMT
This is not a book I've read, but one that T5 is reading aloud to me each night (he has read it several times in the past), and it gets me right off to sleep every time, and it's Reach for the Sky by Paul Brickhill,
Sorry Douglas, I know that you led a very exciting life, full of derring do etc. but it really does help me doze off each night.
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Post by adamzappel on May 16, 2007 16:22:20 GMT
This is not a book I've read, but one that T5 is reading aloud to me each night (he has read it several times in the past), and it gets me right off to sleep every time, and it's Reach for the Sky by Paul Brickhill, Sorry Douglas, I know that you led a very exciting life, full of derring do etc. but it really does help me doze off each night. That was written in 1954. I remember reading it when I was a young lad (much, much later!!!) I also remember Kenneth More in the film - it was a different world then - for one thing, everything was in black and white!
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Post by Glen B Ogle on May 18, 2007 19:00:39 GMT
Any Tolkein for me - put off by The Hobbit at school (we were too young for it I think) and try as I might I simply cannot get into them.
I tend to gamble with library books - I'll bring a book home, read a few pages and then take it back if I don't get on with it.
Glen
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Post by Peek on May 18, 2007 19:07:54 GMT
Any Tolkein for me - put off by The Hobbit at school (we were too young for it I think) and try as I might I simply cannot get into them. I tend to gamble with library books - I'll bring a book home, read a few pages and then take it back if I don't get on with it. Glen We were read The Hobbit by a rather long haired hippy type teacher in junior school, during the power cuts of the early '70s. Said teacher always had a strange smell about him, but he did have a way of bringing the book to life, which made me re read the book several times once I became a nearly grown up person.
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Post by lily on May 19, 2007 15:45:28 GMT
Dare I say it? Anything by Shakespeare. I just can't hack it! That said I've seen a couple of 'plays' and find it much easier.
xxx
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Post by ddlanding on May 20, 2007 12:52:08 GMT
I started "The Magus" by John Fowles 3 times and never finished. To save me starting again does anyone know how it ends?
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