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well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts Send a noteboard - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM
Frankly, I was quite shocked by the horrible writing. She never heard of lesson number one for aspiring writers, "Show don't tell".
All the twists can be seen miles away because she doesn't know how to foreshadow correctly.
And what is the deal with the botanical tour?


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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 1884 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1290 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1291 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1334 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1170 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1187 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1167 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1091 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 646 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 696 Views
I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 02:47:12 AM 1210 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 04:18:07 PM 1246 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 06:26:00 PM 1165 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 672 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1099 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1273 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 684 Views
I don't have enough hours in the day to detail this or something even worse Larry - 06/09/2009 05:45:35 AM 1249 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1217 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1114 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1239 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1189 Views
! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:50:42 PM 1203 Views
Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1091 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1152 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1182 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1155 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1209 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 715 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1211 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 730 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1180 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1259 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1186 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1359 Views
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer. In Ye Olde English, it's harder to translate than ancient Greek. *NM* IndigoAjah - 06/09/2009 05:07:49 PM 688 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1122 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1281 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1171 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 703 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 648 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1175 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 707 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1192 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1200 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 674 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 700 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1193 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 623 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 683 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1044 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1220 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1245 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1164 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1155 Views
I liked a Portrait of the Artist, personally, though the (lack of real) punctuation grated *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:18:50 AM 615 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1141 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1190 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1324 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1149 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1193 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1190 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1193 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1371 Views
Oh, and maybe it was lost on me, but I never got much joy out of War and Peace IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:22:48 AM 1080 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1208 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1221 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 633 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1115 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1457 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1547 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1277 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1124 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1129 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1151 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 686 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 657 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 626 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1199 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1093 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1074 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1124 Views
I had a couple of issues with the book that I could easily see being removed from the movie Brian - 07/09/2009 07:01:40 PM 1067 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1120 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1199 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1079 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1162 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 688 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 681 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1045 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 660 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1150 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1067 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1218 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1056 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 706 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1093 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 657 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1132 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1220 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1168 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 694 Views
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