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I'm not too happy with this book. The plot is not believable.
— Dec 22, 2024 09:10AM
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Dec 22, 2024 08:46AM
Going by your reviews of previous JT novels I think my luck is going to run out of only reading good novels by him so far.
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Liam wrote: "Going by your reviews of previous JT novels I think my luck is going to run out of only reading good novels by him so far."I don't know, Liam. I've read all these before (about 5 years ago) and the first time I liked them a lot. It's not like I remember them and there's no surprises (I retain almost nothing of what I read). I suspect that I'm just more impatient than I used to be and I want 100% all the time.
Liam wrote: "Going by your reviews of previous JT novels I think my luck is going to run out of only reading good novels by him so far."I still stand by Pop. 1280, Killer Inside Me, and Hell of a Woman though.
Yeah, I enjoyed those 3 myself. Others were Grifters, Getaway and Wild Town. I think maybe, After Dark My Sweet too. Maybe I'll just reread those again.
Been thinking of doing more rereads of novels I liked instead of trying to read everything by authors.
Liam wrote: "Yeah, I enjoyed those 3 myself. Others were Grifters, Getaway and Wild Town. I think maybe, After Dark My Sweet too. Maybe I'll just reread those again.
Been thinking of doing more rereads of nov..."
I've always been a re-reader. That makes it sound like I'm a Serious Book Scientist, but that's not true at all. I just never remember what I've read. And I certainly don't take Lab Notes while I'm reading.
Haha yeah, my memory of what I've read isn't that great after a year or so.
Liam wrote: "Haha yeah, my memory of what I've read isn't that great after a year or so."One payoff though was that I read Ulysses six times. Never remembered how much it sucked, so would pick it up and read it again. I finally sorta understood it.
I tried some classics when I first started reading as a hobby. Not for me. I'd probably need to read Ulysses 20 times to get it.
Liam wrote: "I tried some classics when I first started reading as a hobby. Not for me. I'd probably need to read Ulysses 20 times to get it."
It's OK, but not worth the effort by a long way. If I read a sentence and don't understand it right away, somebody isn't doing his job -- and it's not me.
