[Becky Sharpe]

Originally Posted by CatLuna

. Have you seen the films?...

Excellent suggestion. Which I'll probably try .. before raising the awkward book-reading-'issue' with my sister

[benjamini]

Struggle with Umberto Eco and Salman Rushdie. Im not sure if its style or content.

[clm2071]

Originally Posted by benjamini

Struggle with Umberto Eco and Salman Rushdie. Im not sure if its style or content.

I managed In The Name Of The

[Teddybleads]

Originally Posted by benjamini

Struggle with Umberto Eco and Salman Rushdie. Im not sure if its style or content.

The island of the day before is a confusing read but I suppose that is the intention in some ways. Rushdie's just a bit flowery

[clm2071]

Originally Posted by clm2071

I managed In The Name Of The

...Rose, Foucaults Pendulem was impenetrable

[1fab]

Originally Posted by LaVieEnRose

Harry Potter? I liked the first three. I enjoyed the imaginative little touches (such as the Every Flavour sweets) but they started to go downhill after that. Very, very derivative stuff and self-conscious clunky efforts to be "Dark". I never bothered to read the last one.

I enjoyed them when I was reading them aloud to my son, but like you, I have never read the last one. My son no longer wanted my bedtime reading at 13.

[1fab]

Another vote for The Time-Traveller's Wife. I could not get into that at all.

[kimindex]

Pillars of the Earth. People seem to love it but I thought it was no better written that the Da Vinci Code (which I liked, for its genre). Cardboard characters and leaden prose.

[Conall Cearnach]

I'm struggling with Bulldog Drummond at the minute. I know it's meant to be easy read pulp type stuff but I just can't get into it. I don't exactly hate it but it has so many implausible events that I just keep going "Gaaah!" If you think Bond villains are dumb just check out the loonies in this.

[clm2071]

Originally Posted by Conall Cearnach

I'm struggling with Bulldog Drummond at the minute. I know it's meant to be easy read pulp type stuff but I just can't get into it. I don't exactly hate it but it has so many implausible events that I just keep going "Gaaah!" If you think Bond villains are dumb just check out the loonies in this.

I gave up on that, some books age well - Bulldog Drummond hasnt IMO

[Becky Sharpe]

Originally Posted by benjamini

Struggle with Umberto Eco and Salman Rushdie. Im not sure if its style or content.

Originally Posted by clm2071

I managed In The Name Of The

Originally Posted by clm2071

...Rose, Foucaults Pendulem was impenetrable

The Prague Cemetery...anyone!?! ..... *limps away to hunt for aspirin*

[peppercake]

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. The newspapers bigged it up but I couldnt really feel anything for the main character Thomas Cromwell due to the detached third person style so I got bored and gave up. Didnt like Catcher in the Rye either, found Holden too whiny and I say this as a teen. I had the same problems with Mr Norell and Jonathan Strange as I did with Wolf Hall but I might try again because I liked game of thrones when I read it again the second time.

I enjoyed Harry Potter, Hunger Games and Catch 22 though :-( . I hate twilight in 50 shades with a passion.

[peppercake]

I meant twlight *and 50 shades. Sorry I'm using my phone to post.

[LaVieEnRose]

Oh, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. An engaging idea but way, way too long and too dense. The footnotes seemed like a clever and original idea but were overdone. I did limp to the end but was bored rigid most of the time.

[clm2071]

Originally Posted by LaVieEnRose

Oh, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. An engaging idea but way, way too long and too dense. The footnotes seemed like a clever and original idea but were overdone. I did limp to the end but was bored rigid most of the time.

How on earth did I forget this? What a struggle, I managed to get to the end but it took a long long time

[Brady12]

The Grapes of Wrath, bunch of people moaning about being tired all the time.

[scatcatcathy]

Originally Posted by trinity2002

Catch-22. Although when I've mentioned this before someone usually pops up to tell me that is because I didn't understand it. I thought I grasped it quite well, and I still didn't enjoy it.

Catcher in the Rye - I agree with someone above it was just tedious and bored me to tears.

Wuthering Heights - it took me two attempts. I don't know why I bothered in the end.

I got given catcher in the rye as a present, from a journo I was doing work experience for.(i was 16) im 36 now and havent read it.:$
I havent read the original, but I enjoyed spike milligans version of wuthering heights.

[sovietusername]

Shakespeare's plays. Most over rated writer ever in my op

[helen292]

Originally Posted by Studmuffin

Catcher in the Rye. I didn't empathise with Holden whatsoever, he really needed to get over himself.

I couldn't stand it. Got about quarter of the way through, and was bored stiff with it. I went on Amazon and looked through the positive reviews to force myself to see its merits, but no good... Still hated it when I returned to it.

[BrumBall]

Originally Posted by Brady12

The Grapes of Wrath, bunch of people moaning about being tired all the time.

I was going to try this soon, because Of Mice and Men is class. You don't recommend then?