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I’m considering giving up , but I’m kind of curious about how she’s stitched these eight books together. I enjoy linked short stories so I wonder if this is a precursor to them. But it’s long and slow reading because of the language.
— Apr 22, 2026 01:01AM
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Listening to Juliet Stevenson as zi follow along in the text.
— Apr 19, 2026 05:19AM
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Apr 22, 2026 10:08AM
Try and hang in there if you can, the sense of accomplishment you’ll have if you finish it will be huge!
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That's a fair point, TRacey. If it's regarded as the best novel ever written (by some), I should at least see what all the fuss is about. I have to say, there are truly wonderful passages - just so much other stuff, that it feels repetitious.
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "That's a fair point, TRacey. If it's regarded as the best novel ever written (by some), I should at least see what all the fuss is about. I have to say, there are truly wonderful passages - just so..."I know how you feel Patty. I've persisted with classics I haven't enjoyed purely so I can have an opinion at the end of them. Ana Karenina and Crime & Punishment are two examples. I felt a sense of accomplishment having finished them, and now feel justified in my opinion of also having hated them.
