Are We Heading Towards Another...
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... Richard Osman’s first
novel - a number one best seller, the film rights of which have already been sold to Spielberg, I believe.
A Christmas gift, I’ve read a bit - but I’m
not that impressed. It seems quite childishly written. I’ll persevere and hope to be pleasantly surprised but in the meantime, has anyone else read it and if so what are your thoughts?
novel - a number one best seller, the film rights of which have already been sold to Spielberg, I believe.
A Christmas gift, I’ve read a bit - but I’m
not that impressed. It seems quite childishly written. I’ll persevere and hope to be pleasantly surprised but in the meantime, has anyone else read it and if so what are your thoughts?
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I like nothing better to entertain me than listen to a good play or serialisation on the BBC Sounds. I saw that this book was coming up as a 10-parter so tuned in to it.
To say I was disappointed is an understatement. If I had not already known it was a debut novel the fact would have occurred to me before very long.
Too many characters were introduced ad nauseam in a short space of time so denying me the opportunity to establish them in my own mind. Having listened to the first episode I moved on to the second before thinking perhaps I had not listened sufficiently to distinguish one character from another. I listened to part 1 again and decided the script was poorly written. I will not be wasting any more time with this "writer".
To say I was disappointed is an understatement. If I had not already known it was a debut novel the fact would have occurred to me before very long.
Too many characters were introduced ad nauseam in a short space of time so denying me the opportunity to establish them in my own mind. Having listened to the first episode I moved on to the second before thinking perhaps I had not listened sufficiently to distinguish one character from another. I listened to part 1 again and decided the script was poorly written. I will not be wasting any more time with this "writer".
Maybe that’s a facet of listening rather than reading.
I am astonished that people found the book hard to follow. As complicated plots go it was hardly any more convoluted than your average detective novel. And I liked the way the book kept surprising us subtly all the way through. And I thought the writing was too class.
Still, we’re all different. You either like this sort of thing or you don’t. I wouldn’t want to read that type of novel all the time but then I’d not want to read any type all the time.
I am astonished that people found the book hard to follow. As complicated plots go it was hardly any more convoluted than your average detective novel. And I liked the way the book kept surprising us subtly all the way through. And I thought the writing was too class.
Still, we’re all different. You either like this sort of thing or you don’t. I wouldn’t want to read that type of novel all the time but then I’d not want to read any type all the time.
"Top class" - typo, sorry
I've now started listening to the audio (!)
I can see that if I'd not read the book before I might be a little confused, but that might just be a feature of listening. When I read I tend to go back over bits which isn't really practical with audio.
Also, the book doesn't have long, descriptive passages which are probably more conducive to listening perhaps.
I've now started listening to the audio (!)
I can see that if I'd not read the book before I might be a little confused, but that might just be a feature of listening. When I read I tend to go back over bits which isn't really practical with audio.
Also, the book doesn't have long, descriptive passages which are probably more conducive to listening perhaps.
