Cider with Rosie

[Cetti]

I was really disappointed with this book, finding it dreary, plodding, and so totally humourless I couldn't even finish it. It's even been compared to Hardy's brilliant novels - not even close!! Has anyone else really looked forward to reading a so-called 'classic' - only to find it a real let down?

[incitatus]

yes-all of hardy, which I find an absolute cure for insomnia. A midsummers night dream is also tosh, apart from the final speech. The life and opinions of tristram shandy should also be on the funeral pyre.

[brawburd]

F. Scott Fitzgerald should join the funeral pyre. No life or soul in his writing. And I totally agree about Hardy!

[jenstar]

I hated Cider With Rosie too. Dreary, dreary stuff.