LK Hunsaker's Blog: News and Ponderances - Posts Tagged "classics"
Middle of the road with Middlemarch
There must be something wrong with me. I read such glowing reviews of Middlemarch, a classic for pete's sake!, that I finally got around to giving it a try.
I'm about a third of the way through ... and I'm skimming. Yikes. Why do I want to know all of those little medical details and such? I don't. It doesn't advance the plot. It doesn't actually teach me anything I consider useful. It's only muddling the story.
Now I love lit fic. I do. The Count of Monte Cristo is exceptional. Shakespeare. Dreiser. I have no trouble with Dreiser. Middlemarch is putting me to sleep at night. That's not normal for me.
A reviewer said it had more action than all three Pirates movies. Hm. Where? Later in the book? Can I make myself get that far?
It's SLOOOOOW! And I usually don't mind slow. But I do want something to make slow be worth it.
I hate to add this to my very small "abandoned" list, but unless I find a good reason, I might have to do that.
Anyone have a good reason?
I'm about a third of the way through ... and I'm skimming. Yikes. Why do I want to know all of those little medical details and such? I don't. It doesn't advance the plot. It doesn't actually teach me anything I consider useful. It's only muddling the story.
Now I love lit fic. I do. The Count of Monte Cristo is exceptional. Shakespeare. Dreiser. I have no trouble with Dreiser. Middlemarch is putting me to sleep at night. That's not normal for me.
A reviewer said it had more action than all three Pirates movies. Hm. Where? Later in the book? Can I make myself get that far?
It's SLOOOOOW! And I usually don't mind slow. But I do want something to make slow be worth it.
I hate to add this to my very small "abandoned" list, but unless I find a good reason, I might have to do that.
Anyone have a good reason?
News and Ponderances
I tend to jump back and forth. I'll be here for a while at times, and then I'll be elsewhere. I haven't yet figured out how to be everywhere at once and still get my work done. My official blog does g
...more
- LK Hunsaker's profile
- 48 followers
