carlin
actually pretty good!
I originally DNF'd this like a year ago as I found the first half very slow and overly detailed and it felt like it was not the genre that I thought it would be. When I was sick earlier this month, I wanted to read something that I didn't have to pay close attention to, so I started back where I left off, unsure whether I would re-commit or not.
I'm glad I did. For sure the pacing is not for me, and it made me wish that I was a faster reader (or instead reading the audiobook where I could speed it up) but after the 60% mark this really gets going and I was suitably hooked.
As with most, I am aware of this book as it was huge at the time, and I can say that it is not a timeless book. Some of the politics of it feel a little pat (almost) 10 years on and I feel like it probably wouldn't have seen the same success if it were released today.
Some parts of it, the extended flashback for example, are very five star material and it's a shame that Ng loses the deftness of these parts in the rest of the book. However, the construction of the plot and the characters do make up for it's weaknesses so I would still recommend this for people looking for a easy read
actually pretty good!
I originally DNF'd this like a year ago as I found the first half very slow and overly detailed and it felt like it was not the genre that I thought it would be. When I was sick earlier this month, I wanted to read something that I didn't have to pay close attention to, so I started back where I left off, unsure whether I would re-commit or not.
I'm glad I did. For sure the pacing is not for me, and it made me wish that I was a faster reader (or instead reading the audiobook where I could speed it up) but after the 60% mark this really gets going and I was suitably hooked.
As with most, I am aware of this book as it was huge at the time, and I can say that it is not a timeless book. Some of the politics of it feel a little pat (almost) 10 years on and I feel like it probably wouldn't have seen the same success if it were released today.
Some parts of it, the extended flashback for example, are very five star material and it's a shame that Ng loses the deftness of these parts in the rest of the book. However, the construction of the plot and the characters do make up for it's weaknesses so I would still recommend this for people looking for a easy read