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A Spot of Bother
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Disappointing after beautifully sad and engaging "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time". Could not relate to the characters. Too many loose and shallow threads leading nowhere in particular. Or maybe just not my kind of book. Expectations too high because I loved the "Curious Incident"?
A book for lazy summer days, but not for the rest of the year when work, family and social obligations turn every hour in the reading chair into rare golden time.
On the other hand, there are so many books out there that I CRAVE to read, I wonder why I have the compulsion to finish books I do not fully engage in?
A book for lazy summer days, but not for the rest of the year when work, family and social obligations turn every hour in the reading chair into rare golden time.
On the other hand, there are so many books out there that I CRAVE to read, I wonder why I have the compulsion to finish books I do not fully engage in?
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Aug 03, 2016 07:58AM
I'm the same, Lisa. Always have to finish every book I start even if I hate it!
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Double high five, Lisa. 1) the compulsion to finish every book I start (so pointless...) 2) a low rating of The Spot... (this was my first Haddon a few years ago and since then, I haven't quite convinced myself to tackle The Curious Incident, which everyone seems to love)
Thanks Violet and Magdalena, it looks like a common bookworm problem: we eat our way through rotten books just like we might finish a bad meal in a restaurant because we have paid for it. Makes no sense, but...I admire people who have bookshelves on GR labelled "Abandoned". I think "Should never have started" is as far as I get at the moment!
Magdalena, as for the "Curious Incident": I read it as a YA novel with young adult discussion partners in mind, and as such it works very well. "A Spot of Bother" has nothing of the YA reflection on what it is like to be different as a teenager, so all you get are the bad storylines and shallow characters. Not very likely I will try anything else by Haddon soon. "Will not try again" might be another label that works.
'Will not try again', that's a nice one!Teenager/Coming-of-age novels/films are one of my guilty pleasures so if it comes anywhere near The Perks of Being a Wallflower (the film - I haven't read the book yet) or similar stories, I think you've just encouraged me to have a go.
(Still, my to read in 2016 list is already too long...)
