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Ann wrote: "I'm on Part Three. I got really absorbed in Pilgrim's thoughts and ideas after 9/11 and the passages when he is getting to know Ben and Marcie.
When I got to the Saracen and what he does in the ..."
What he does was really hard to read :(
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Perri said, 'What he does was really hard to read'I agree - in the mountains, and as Janet said, with Tlass in the back of the truck and also, I've just got to a bit with Pilgrim when he's describing 'water boarding' a prisoner.
wow- I found them all tough to get through
So hot...How hot is it?
A pervert is someone who prefers women to beer...
Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying this book (a lot).Now I'm 52% through.
But I have to say that the underlying race messages are bothering me and spoiling it. It's like a steady drip drip of a tap - I could ignore it for a while but now it's annoying.
I read plenty of books and none have given me such an uneasy feeling in this respect. I guess I'll have to talk about that in my review.
(I can feel a blog post critique growing out of it too...)
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Ann wrote: "Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying this book (a lot).Now I'm 52% through.
But I have to say that the underlying race messages are bothering me and spoiling it. It's like a steady drip drip of a ta..."
Be sure to post a link when you write your blog
"Computers never lie -- but liars compute!" Ain't that the truth!
Perri said, "Be sure to post a link..."hi Perri, yup, will do
I'm at 80% and the plot is racing ahead with Pilgrim and the Saracen heading for a collision....
I'm at 62%... I listen to about an hour a day. It's exceptional and very well plotted.
I'm delving hard into this one today. I started it over because I remember part 1 being so good I rushed through it. Taking my time this round. The immediate thing that I noticed was how well written it is and although action packed and seemingly for a male audience, it's almost elegant.
I don't get the male audience. Though there aren't that many female characters. Is that what you mean?
No, I mean I definitely was being stereotypical which is unfair, but just that spy novels tend to be aimed at men. I'm sure many women read them as well. I know I watch them on film a lot. They're some of my faves.
I love espionage! In fact, I got hooked on them in the Cold War days with people Len Deighton and John Le Carre.
I really want to read John LeCarre this year. I've added a few of his to my TBR. Which would you recommend starting with...his most famous The Spy Who Came In From The Cold? I had put it on my 2016 reading list but didn't get to it.
Loving it and found no difficulty reading the first parts over again. His writing is incredible. Agnieszka...are you reading it again?
Amy wrote: "I really want to read John LeCarre this year. I've added a few of his to my TBR. Which would you recommend starting with...his most famous The Spy Who Came In From The Cold? I had put it on my 2016..."I would start with that one or Call for the Dead first.
Here's a link to my review -https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It's pretty long but I tried not to rant too much.
3 stars.
Amy wrote: "Loving it and found no difficulty reading the first parts over again. His writing is incredible. Agnieszka...are you reading it again?"
The last two days I read another 100 pages but so far I'm not that excited. It's somehow interesting but I'm still struggling with the book. I give it another try until I reached at least 30% and if I don't like it more by than I'm not sure I'll finish it at all :-(
@Ann Great review-although I loved it, I understood why you didn't.@ Agnieszka-goodness, I often don't give books that long before I give up. On to books you enjoy!
Perri wrote: "@ Agnieszka-goodness, I often don't give books that long before I give up. On to books you enjoy!"It wouldn't be the first book I didn't like the first quarter of it and changed my mind later about it :-)
I read few times already I gave up too soon on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Since I learned it's a book dealing somehow with math I want to give it another try - though I won't try to read the Polish translation but the German, which is much easier for me :-)
Back to I Am Pilgrim - I have no idea when I'll continue it but for sure not within the next two weeks.
Amy wrote: "His writing is incredible."That one I second from the depth of my heart :-)
I haven't read your review yet, Ann but will when I finish. I am shocked to see three stars though. It must have disappointed you greatly in some way. I just came on to write how I have tears streaming down my cheeks steady for the last four pages. I think this book is a five star for me and I am not done yet. It's quite the story and I still have so much more to go. I'm sorry you didn't like it as much. Can't wait to finish and read your thoughts as well as our fellow friends here. <3
You know, at first I didn't like the backstory stuff he did. But now it's growing on me. I love the Turkish motel manager.... the way he talks is a hoot!
Amy wrote: "I haven't read your review yet, Ann but will when I finish. I am shocked to see three stars though. It must have disappointed you greatly in some way. I just came on to write how I have tears strea..."I'm glad you loved it and it give's me hope the back story stuff is important and so I'm much more excited to continue than I was before - thank you Ann!
Amy said, '..I'm shocked to see three stars though...'Hi Amy, I think you'll get my point of view once you've read the review!
(It's also true that I often mark hard, so three is actually not such a bad mark from me...)
I finally finished this title yesterday, ladies! It only took ten months. LolI put it down for months. Sorry my friends! I felt disappointed in not being able to participate in so many things I had looked forward to in group and buddy reads. My reading suffered greatly this year. Started strong and then died for 3/4 of the year.
Anyway, I did really like it and found it well researched. There were parts I just couldn't read fast enough and then others that had me putting it down. For that reason in any other book, I'd give it way less stars. However, I did find the story crazy and well plotted. Very detailed. I enjoyed it for sure!
I did note Ann's comments and found them to be very true. I definitely see your point looking back at it all.
Amy wrote: "I finally finished this title yesterday, ladies! It only took ten months. LolI put it down for months. Sorry my friends! I felt disappointed in not being able to participate in so many things I h..."
I'm glad you liked it and what you write lets me wonder if I was too fast to give it up. I think I'll give it another try but no more this year. Perhaps it will be for me like it was with The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun - my sister lend it to me and asked to read it. The first time I'm not sure I made it past page 5, the second time twice as much, than I made it thought the first chapter this time I'm almost half way through and expect to finish it before she comes the next time in three weeks :-)
Thank you so much for your encouraging thoughts!
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I got really absorbed in Pilgrim's thoughts and ideas after 9/11 and the passages when he is getting to know Ben and Marcie.
When I got to the Saracen and what he does in the Afghan mountains, I didn't want to interrupt even for a second to turn on the reading light!
This is a great read.