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As seems to be a habit with me, I picked this book up because I'd watched the first episode of the new tv series and decided I didn't want to wait to find out what happened / wanted to see how the original unfolded. Grossman has an addictive style of writing -- I kept reading way past when I was supposed to if I wanted to get to bed on time / not be late for work / not miss my bus stop.
There were a couple things that I didn't think worked as well as they ought to have -- the semi-episodic nature ...more
There were a couple things that I didn't think worked as well as they ought to have -- the semi-episodic nature ...more
I read to page 150 and I really was not getting into this.
There are lots of parts I really, really love about this book. I love the premise and the concept. I love the wonderful descriptions of places I wish I could go. And I love that the protagonists are humans.
And yet, I was really underwhelmed by how human the characters were. Somewhere in the middle it became druggy, drunken, city-life melodrama and I became SUPER BORED. And then the characters got to have an adventure(!) and it suddenly became interesting again. And then the melodrama returned an ...more
And yet, I was really underwhelmed by how human the characters were. Somewhere in the middle it became druggy, drunken, city-life melodrama and I became SUPER BORED. And then the characters got to have an adventure(!) and it suddenly became interesting again. And then the melodrama returned an ...more
I really enjoyed this book. It was quite different from what I had anticipated and I found the pacing to be somewhat unconvetional but overall I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure I would have been satisfied if it was intended to be a standalone story. Knowing there was a sequel made reading it a different experience than it would have been otherwise.
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Got to the beginning of Part 2 (p. 227) when I had to return it to the library. At times it was tedious but I'm still curious how it ends.
Gave it to Virginia and to Sam for Christmas. ...more
Gave it to Virginia and to Sam for Christmas. ...more
Oct 16, 2009
Jen
marked it as to-read
Sep 23, 2011
Kay Green
marked it as probably-wont-finish
Feb 15, 2012
Ginger
marked it as to-read
Sep 23, 2012
Tanya
marked it as to-read
Aug 20, 2014
SandyC
marked it as to-read
Jan 05, 2015
Terri
marked it as kindle-2
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Jan 17, 2016
Kirsten Barber
marked it as to-read
