first book of 2010 finished
Jan. 17th, 2010 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chouchootOK, who recommended the kite runner to me? you're on probation.
when the novel wasn't sad (and when it was sad, it was, i admit, moving), it was cliche and mediocre. i didn't put it down at 50 pages (my usual cap) because the beginning section was interesting, but the author lost all ability to tell a unique story once he had achieved 150 pages of inertia. god, what a waste of time.
(is there any worse mile-marker of a writer trying too hard, than when he makes his protagonist A Writer?)
i now want to choose my second book from my unread shelves very carefully. the strongest candidates: blind assassin, what is the what, only revolutions, the corrections. though these are mostly epically long...i might have to blow through something i've read already before i start in on something too ambitious.
book recommendations?
when the novel wasn't sad (and when it was sad, it was, i admit, moving), it was cliche and mediocre. i didn't put it down at 50 pages (my usual cap) because the beginning section was interesting, but the author lost all ability to tell a unique story once he had achieved 150 pages of inertia. god, what a waste of time.
(is there any worse mile-marker of a writer trying too hard, than when he makes his protagonist A Writer?)
i now want to choose my second book from my unread shelves very carefully. the strongest candidates: blind assassin, what is the what, only revolutions, the corrections. though these are mostly epically long...i might have to blow through something i've read already before i start in on something too ambitious.
book recommendations?
