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Looks & Books » Fashion Book–Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:29:00 +0000

[...] Book–Girl with the Dragon Tattoo As I mentioned last week, I was reading Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for book club, and I was confused by the success of the [...]

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:21:00 +0000

I refuse to read any book someone tells me will get better after the first third. If you can’t capture the readers interest right away, why bother. Cut out the boring drivel, find a new way to say it, and chop the length of a the book down .

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:29:46 +0000

Very interesting. This is our next book for my book club. I’m actually kind of excited to read it because I think it has potential. I have also been told to be patient through the beginning. I have to finish up Harry Potter and then I’ll start in. I’ll get back to you!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:11:40 +0000

Oh I didn’t know we were talking about Twilight. Those books suck.

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:21:40 +0000

Oh dear Joe. I have not read Harry Potter past book 1, but I was talking more about The DaVinci Code and Twilight ( trendy books I have read). Twilight, for the record, IS complete manufactured fluff, and is pretty terrible. Can you at least agree with me on that?

Also, I meant “these books” as the Steig Larsson books, not the others Jill references.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:42:20 +0000

I just couldn’t bring myself to read it this year. A co-worker read it and liked it, but I’m not sure I trust her opinions, and the subject and the writing style I sampled just didn’t appeal to me. I’ve put it off until further data collection can be made from friends I trust. So… finish so I don’t have to (or do), please.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:56:24 +0000

Calling Harry Potter the “Jersey Shore” of literature is a pretty gigantic insult, considering one is a massive achievement of the imagination and the other is complete fluff, addicting only in its manufactured mindlessness.

Anyone who loves books should be very, very careful before they destroy the transformative popular examples of the medium. A film critic might have their doubts about the reverence given to Star Wars, but it would be a big stretch for anyone to call those movies “terrible.”

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:19:39 +0000

Having read it about a year ago, before all the hype, here are my thoughts: It’s fascinating in it’s story, riveting it’s drama, but the writing is just MEH. However, when i read it i hadn’t heard of it. I had no expectations, while I’m assuming you have very high ones.

Some of the girls in my book club (we read it) RUSHED to get books 2 and 3 immediately, running to friends in London for earlier publications that the American schedule. I did not. in fact, I only recently bought #2 and read it last month. And although #2 ends on a crazy cliffhanger (#1 does not), I only have a slight desire to buy book 3. but not until paperback.

I think you have the same issue that I do with most of the books that start a “craze.” These books are written and loved by the masses, and your reading level is higher than the masses, so you find a lot of it really obnoxious. Like me, you’re a literature snob. Once you’ve finished, please PLEASE read Nora Ephron’s take on these books http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/07/05/100705sh_shouts_ephron.

These books are the Jersey Shore of Literature. You are drawn to them, you can’t put them down, but they’re terrible and you know it. They’re also an important piece of today’s culture that you should experience. Lisbeth Salander will always stick with me, just like Snooki.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:11:43 +0000

people like to read about rape. or watch it. they are scared of it and they are interested in it. two contrary impulses! I think that’s why SVU is so popular. there is a lot of really graphic rape in that book — it’s titillating but still condemned. so people can get their fix and still feel good about themselves because it’s contained.