A Goodreads user asked this question about The Blind Assassin:
Almost two years later and I still cannot finish this book. I am more than half way through, but I just can't finish it. Why, oh why? It's been picked up and abandoned multiple times. I'm not sure if the reason is because the story moves too slowly for my taste or if the dialogue is putting me off. Should I continue? For those who have read this book, does the ending make up for the first half?
Jami The ending does indeed make up for the first half. It took me ages to finish as well. Think of it as your great grandmother planning to tell you all t…moreThe ending does indeed make up for the first half. It took me ages to finish as well. Think of it as your great grandmother planning to tell you all the dirty family secrets you've suspected for ages, but she's a bit dingy and keeps getting sidetracked. Once I got past the middle I couldn't put it down. "JUST TELL ME, OLD LADY! WHAT HAPPENED?" And she does, eventually, at the very end. It's all the more rich and satisfying a tale, because of all that tangential stuff Grandma Iris kept throwing in there.(less)
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by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
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