That's the one, Fernando! I went in expecting a simple pulp read, and what I got was one of the damn best science fiction adventures I'd read in a long while. Must get round to reading the 2nd book, Hive Monkey, soon.
That's the one, Fernando! I went in expecting a simple pulp read, and what I got was one of the damn best science fiction adventures I'd read in a long while. Must get round to reading the 2nd book, Hive Monkey, soon.
Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.
You are a walking talking Doctor Who encyclopedia to me. - Melike
Great book. Just wish the PS limited was more affordable.
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Yes! And so much more.
I hopped online and ordered Hive Monkey before I was halfway through this one so I could have it in my hands not long after finishing the first book.
I love discovering a great book that's part of a series.
Yes! Do it!
Almost finished reading Gone Girl. Great book. Love how it gives both Nick and Amy's perspectives.
Been enjoying A Storm of Swords. I'll read a bit more once I'm done with GG. Was thinking of going back to Wuthering Heights and trying to finish that, but it's a bit slow going when it doesn't focus on the Heathcliff/Catherine relationship. Either Hive Monkey or Drive's next.
Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.
You are a walking talking Doctor Who encyclopedia to me. - Melike
Is Gone Girl actually good? I've been curious, but my friend who recommended it also loves the Twilight Series. So I didn't want to take any advice from her.
I can't speak for the book as I have yet to read it, but the film is marvelous.
I can't speak for the movie as I have yet to watch it, but the book is very very good.
All three of her books are very good.
Author of The Road to the Dark Tower, Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences and The Dark Tower Companion. Co-editor with Stephen King of the anthology Flight or Fright.
For what it's worth, I read a small portion of Saga last night before I passed out.
Gone Girl is great. Begins as a mystery novel and ends up being so much more. Is it as fucking awesome as Ack-Ack Macaque? Not quite, but it's still great.
Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.
You are a walking talking Doctor Who encyclopedia to me. - Melike
I enjoyed Gone Girl the book, but I think it had been hyped up so much by the time I read it that it didn't have as big of an impact on me as far as the "wow" factor. The movie was very good as well. Really, really good adaptation. It only makes me wish that I could've gone into the movie "blind" without having read the book because I think it would've been that much more spectacular.
A NEW GAME BEGINS
I've tried to read Cryptonomicon about three times and always end up exhausting myself about fifty pages in.
In Digitized Remorse
I havent read that one, Fall. I have read the Baroque Cycle, and enjoyed it a lot.
Stephenson's writing is thick with words...it can either be overwhelming or highly detailed, depending on your perspective.
Well, I don't plan on expecting just anything to be as fucking awesome as Ack Ack Macaque. My copy of Hive Monkey should arrive in the mail soon, but I'm gonna have to refrain from tearing into it immediately. I must pace myself.
Patience, young Padawan.
I've steered clear of all discussion/talk about it for that reason. I hate trying to enjoy a book or movie that's been way over hyped by everyone cause then you get there and you're like "Really? This is it?"
Okay, I've gotta ask a question.
How much time will you give a book that you're not "feeling" before you give up on it altogether?
I started reading Ian McEwan's Atonement last night and, to be honest, I was almost over it before I even started it. I opened the book only to realize that there wasn't even any damn dialogue for the first 9 pages. 9 pages! I ventured into it anyway just because I wanted to read something, anything. But, I found myself just skimming paragraphs and barely paying attention to what was going on. I wanted to read it, was curious over it, but now I just wanna take the stupid book and put it in a pile of "I'll never read books" and trade it in at the bookstore even though I waited a month for it to be delivered in the mail.
For the most part, I finish a book even if I'm really not enjoying it. I feel like I have to. Then if you stop halfway through or whenever, you're always going to wonder if it got better right after you stopped. But chances are it didn't.
A NEW GAME BEGINS
50 pages max, a lot of times less. If you don't like the writing or the dialogue or the characters or whatever else, it's better to pick up something else. It's not even that it's a bad book necessarily but I'd rather be reading something I really like. Books are a big time commitment.
I lasted about 1/3 of a page in The City of the Dead by Brian Keene before I flung the book across the room. I've never been so disappointed with something a writer has done...I'm getting mad just thinking about it. The City is the sequel to The Rising. The Rising ends slightly open-ended but not really. It's pretty obvious what happened and it was bleak and it depressed the hell out of me. After being pressured by fans he wrote the sequel which changed the ending of The Rising completely. I felt cheated and robbed of the emotional impact The Rising had on me. I've read many of his books since then but never with enthusiasm I've had before The City of the Dead.
The maximum defective allowance I've ever given a book is 100 pages, and that's because I really wanted to like the book.
As others have mentioned, sometimes you know right away. I think I got about 30 pages in to The Lovely Bones before I said "lol, NOPE"