Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

This is a Buddy read for The Fisherman by John Langan starting on October 1, 2024.


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Audio: Not on Hoopla or A+
Ebook: Not on Hoopla or KU or Open Library
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Oooooo mama.

Currently $3 on the Audible sale! For one more day, anyway.

Started this today, through ch 15 and yeah, not sure about this one.....(view spoiler)[I am bored with the endless flashback, get to the horror! I am bored listening to this and this makes me sad :( (hide spoiler)]

This book has the potential to put me in a reading slump.....

At least I don't feel like I'm missing out... honestly the blurb didn't sound very enticing either, for the most part...

Timelord Iain wrote: "At least I don't feel like I'm missing out... honestly the blurb didn't sound very enticing either, for the most part..."

This was so bad, I finally bumped it up to 2.5 speed which is about the fastest I can listen and is only reserved for audios that i just want to be over. Finished FINALLY (view spoiler)[AND HE HAD SEX WITH HIS DEAD FISH WIFE????? AND SHE HAD HIS DEAD FISH BABIES???? The author actually wrote "Post coital contentment" after they had the sex.

/gag

Okay so why did we spend more time in the past than we did in the present with the "main" characters? I was like is this part over yet? We are still like 100 years ago? Why? Way too much time in the past, I was bored, the only horror in this book was how HORRIBLE it was. Legit hate listened to at least a third, probably more than that, 1 star, I was so disappointed, I fully expected to enjoy this one and I definitely did not. (hide spoiler)]

Started. Through Part 1 and it's reminding me in parts of Rolling in the Deep and in part of the Casey Affleck movie that was up for Oscars several years ago--Manchester by the Sea...

Finished, and while I don't ragehate like Ann-Marie, I have issues with the same things. I did like the language and the conversation on grief... but the whole middle chunk seemed out of synch with the rest of the book and I feel like I'm putting 2 and 2 together and.... still getting 2. Closest thing I can think of is A Study in Scarlet, which was half a parable... but it had a point in the end. I don't get the point of the whole 70% chunk in the middle. I enjoyed the opening and ending, except for (view spoiler)[the weird dead mermaid sex scene, I skipped the hell out of that NO thank you (hide spoiler)]

Nirkatze wrote: "Finished, and while I don't ragehate like Ann-Marie, I have issues with the same things. I did like the language and the conversation on grief... but the whole middle chunk seemed out of synch with..."

Don't forget the (view spoiler)[the fish babies!!!!! (hide spoiler)] So gross.....But yeah, that middle 2/3 was just boring, and unnecessarily long which tried my patience so I had no patience left for the ick in the last section lol

Wow, this is a 5 star favorite for me. To each his own, I never thought it was boring and I thought the writing was beautiful.

I wish I liked it, I was very much looking forward to it and yeah, this was not for me.

Felina wrote: "Wow, this is a 5 star favorite for me. To each his own, I never thought it was boring and I thought the writing was beautiful."

I had wanted to ask what aspects of the story drew the people who love it--cuz I know there are several folks in the group! I wasn't exactly bored during the middle, more... lost? And I kept asking myself why... I couldn't figure out why the story needed such an extended flashback. If y'all have any insight I'd love to hear! I did find the writing beautiful, but mostly for Part 1--after that the language ceased to gain my attention.