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by David Nicholls

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I am a good way through this book and I am finding it tedious. Do I continue?

Sandra Durkee I know I am late to the game on this but I wanted to add my thoughts on whether to quit or not. I am 62 but long ago, I worked with a woman who loved â€¦m´Ç°ù±ðI know I am late to the game on this but I wanted to add my thoughts on whether to quit or not. I am 62 but long ago, I worked with a woman who loved to read so we always talked about books we had read. She would ask what I was reading and if I was enjoying the book. When I told her I wasn't she would ask why did I continue. I told her I am not a quitter. She said, do you read for enjoyment? Yes, I said. But if you are not enjoying the book, why continue, she would ask. So one day she told me that since there are soooo many good books in the world, read to page 100 and if you can't get into it or are not enjoying it, put it down and move on. That is what I do now and I feel great about it. So try that Laun!.(less)

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Attention all blokes - Do not dismiss this book as Chick lit! Do men need to be convinced that this kind of novel is well worth reading, or do they feel pressure to read books that are perceived to be more macho I wonder?

Sheila O'Flanagan Attention all blokes - do not dismiss all books by women as Chick Lit either - many are as well written as this :)

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On the last page what does 180 mean? I understand everything else.

Bryan Hallett

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Um, is there any English* writer - writing about the present day - who understands that there an awful lot of English people whose children do not go to university, have gap years, are spoiled. And many families do not have dishwashers/credit cards/ foreign holidays?

Bryan Hallett This is a fair point, noted by the Guardian in 2015 (). The only modern day book I have read by an English writer that I can thiâ€¦m´Ç°ù±ðThis is a fair point, noted by the Guardian in 2015 (). The only modern day book I have read by an English writer that I can think of that defies this is Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman. (less)

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I've just watched the 4 part BBC serialisation of the book. Sweet, a coming of age story told through the eyes of the father. Is it still worth getting the book and reading it?