Melody B. (5ducksfans) reviewed yaaaawwwwnnnn on 3/17/2009 + 92 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

I have read hundreds of books of all types in my life. This is only the THIRD I could not bring myself to finish. I made it to page 135 and I just could not bring myself to care any more. It's not that it was dark and depressing - many books are like that. It's not that it's a little slow at the beginning - how many truly wonderful books are like that? It's just that it was SO random and so rambling and so pointless. If, by the middle of the book, I couldn't care less about one single character, then why waste my time? I know this won the Man Booker Prize and all that. Many heavy-duty prize winners are difficult books. This book was not difficult. I was just bored. I hope others find this book worth the prize it won.

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