[ebooktalk] Re: This Bleeding City.
- From: "Trish" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:17:42 +0100
Clare, It wasn't the sex I hated about "King of the badgers", it was the
horrible characters, and the lack of plot. I had little sympathy with any
of the characters, and the plot didn't seem to be going anywhere much. I
have often thought I should try an Alan Hollinghurst, but reading yours and
David's comments about his books, I'm now not so sure. as far as murder and
violence is concerned, I'm really softening up, and shy away from anything
involving either. Having said that, the book I'm reading at the moment has
a murder in it, but it is integral to the plot.
Trish.
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: This Bleeding City.
David, I agree with you about the purpose of the group, and will always do
my best with the books chosen. I remember many people didn't like King of
the Badgers because of all the sex, but I loved that one because I enjoyed
the characters and the setting so much. Have you ever read the Line of
Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst? That's another one about horrible people with
too much money, in the Thatcher era. I found it very compelling in a nasty
way. They weren't people in the City, but in the Conservative Party. Lots of
gay sex and drugs. I don't know why I find drugs so much harder to read
about than sex, surely it can't be because they are illegal, because so is
murder, and I often enjoy reading about that, even real life ones, though I
hated the book about the Wests which I read recently. Clare
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