Agree with everything above about
The Passage,
especially the editing. That book so did not need to be that long. I read it without knowing it was a trilogy and was very sad when I realized after over 700 pages that it was not going to be resolved.
I found the second volume hard to get into because I had forgotten so many details of the first one. So, when I saw the hardcover of #1 at Goodwill, I bought it so I could re-read at my leisure before the third installment (which I am looking forward to despite disappointment by #2).
As soon as I read Gone Girl, I read her first two books. Very dark and gruesome, and I loved them.
Oh yeah, I was wondering about her others. Good one!
As soon as I read Gone Girl, I read her first two books. Very dark and gruesome, and I loved them.
Me too. She needs to write more books soon, or I need to find another writer whose works are that dark.
I got
Dark Places
and I had trouble getting into it -- the protagonist was unlikeable in a way Nick wasn't, for me. I'll pick it up again later, though.
Truly, I went into a little bit of book withdrawal after I was done with all of them.
I found the protoganist in Dark Places to, in the end, be the most likable protagonist out of Flynn's 3 books (she's the only one who's on a path to getting somewhere in life IMO), that said I wouldn't want to have a cup of coffee with anyone in any of her books! Yikes.
Amy, I actually loved the protagonist in Dark Places the best. I loved how completely and unapologetically fucked up she was.
It's the start of a semester, and I have to read a book for class. Anyone have suggestions for good books that deal with "health and aging"? Can be fiction or non-fiction, but I'm not sure how far we can get into supernatural metaphor before I lose my instructor.
Madeleine L'Engle's
The Summer of the Great Grandmother
