Reader Seeks Advice on Whether to Chuck Apparently Lame Book
Over the last few years, I've been going to this list whenever I'm looking for a good book to read. I'm a big fan of Vintage Books--I've made a significant dent in their reading list and am usually pleased with the recommendations. Anyhoo, that's how I ended up with The Road from Coorain, by Jill Ker Conway. I'm at page 10, and ready to gag. I usually choke my way through a book if I think I'll end up liking it, or at least learning from it, but I'm suddenly feeling very stingy with my time and am quick to chuck a disappointing book. Sooooo....has anyone read it? Should I stick it out? While I wait for suggestions, I am going to start reading The Swallows of Kabul, by Yasmina Khadra. It's set in Afghanistan...maybe a good follow-up to Kite Runner, and a nice little quote on the back jacket from Azar Nafisi (author of a great book, Reading Lolita in Tehran).
posted by Ugly Juice @ 12:04 AM
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I'm always in favor of chucking a book that isn't doing its job just because there are soooo many really, really good books out there and you can only read a fraction of them before you die so why waste your time on something that's not doing it for you? It's taking up valuable book reading time.
I am thinking of chucking the Kite Runner because I think I already know what's gonna happen (he's gonna go get Hassan's son from Kabul but not take him to the orphanage, he's gonna keep him and raise him as his own, right?) If I already know the ending why should I read the last 1/3 of the book? Am I wrong? Should I keep going?
Kite Runner didn't end exactly as I expected it would--I think you should keep reading. But I agree, I too got kind of irritated toward the end when every thing was tying itself up so neatly but I'm glad I finished it, it was overall very good.
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