Books of Literature by Nobel Prize Winning Authors: 2020 Challenge discussion

comments on book 3 :)

I have finished the book. By the end I was very disappointed in the story. I found the story quite depressing and sadly none of the characters very likeable.

A quote from the book: A classic is a successful book that has survived the reaction of the next period or generation.

Based on this definition I would say that the book is not a classic.

Do you know what Tracey? I am so glad that you also hated the book, ha!! I was reading more about Fitzgerald and I think because of his depression and alcoholism his writing was wildly inconsistent. I think some of this story was actually based on his own life. Well, on to the next real classic!!

Have you experienced reading other authors with this degree of inconsistency? Usually if I like an author I like all of their books. Not here though!

The science fiction author Frank Herbert wrote the classic Dune, which I really enjoyed. I read the first two sequels and thought no. 2 was okay, but no. 3 was terrible. I didn't bother reading any more of them.

Dianne wrote: "Have you experienced reading other authors with this degree of inconsistency? Usually if I like an author I like all of their books. Not here though!"

The main one I can think of is To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman I loved the first and hated the second.