Book Discussions

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 4:18pm

Has anyone read this book? If so, is it good/bad/mediocre/exciting/boring, etc? If any of those (or others), please explain. I am really considering buying this, but I have been having a hard time finding good books.

Updated On: 4/16/07 at 04:18 PM

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 4:20pm

I liked it alot, so (due to our likenesses) I assume you would too.

[ABSteel]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 4:30pm

It's a tough read, and it took me a few attempts to get into it, but once I did, it was fantastic!

I don't own it anymore, but it's on my list of books to buy.

[mirramar]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 4:33pm

I read it a few years ago and really enjoyed it.

I had the opposite - it was easy for me to get into, but the second half was a little slow (but still excellent).

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 4:38pm

i really enjoyed this book, it is one of my favorites... it went by really quickly for me, but i'm a different kind of reader, i like to read books in one sitting...

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 4:44pm

I loved it! It was really slow and boring at first but after the first 80 pages or so it gets really good.

[robbiej]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 4:45pm

I very much enjoyed this book, though I agree the second half meandered a bit...after the beautiful scene at the World's Fair between Sam and his friend.

But still a marvelous read.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 5:08pm

I LOVE Wonder Boys but I haven't read anything else from Michael Chabon. Is his other stuff pretty good?

[DBillyP]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 5:13pm

TheHumanTorch, how long was the one sitting it took to read Kavalier and Clay?!?



It is a great book, worthy of however many sittings it takes.

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 5:15pm

it took a while, hahaha... i've read some other Chabon stuff and i think this is by far and away his best work...

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 5:59pm

I think it is a brilliant book, a bit hard to get through in parts (the fortress of solitude/Antarctic section for one) but it all pays off. If you like comic books you will find it even more enthralling, but that is certainly not a requirement.

There has been rumor of a film for a few years, but I have no idea what is going on with that project.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 6:04pm

The middle three parts are AMAZING, my favorite part of any book ever. Too bad I had to read through the boring beginning and unsatisfying end...

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 6:43pm

I changed the title so we can just have discussions about ANY book instead of just one.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy just won the Pulitzer for fiction and by the sound of it, I think I might just have to go pick it up. The plot seems very interesting.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 6:54pm

I've heard "The Road" is amazing.

[RadiGal2]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 6:55pm

I just began reading What is the What by Dave Eggers, it far surpasses his work in A Staggering Work of Heartbreaking Genius, feeling good about this one...read The Book of Lost Things a few weeks back...it was not bad, a gift from a friend -- probably would not buy it on my own, but not the worst thing I've read all year.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 7:46pm

I thought KAVALIER AND CLAY was pretty good, but I much preferred WONDER BOYS. KAVALIER AND CLAY is working really hard to tell a Big Story, and I think it kind of sinks under its own Significance. The scale of WONDER BOYS is much smaller, better suited to Chabon's talents.

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 4/16/07 at 7:49pm

has anybody read Devil in the White City? it's a non-fiction book, and is fantastic, one of my recent favorites...

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 4/17/07 at 12:41am

No, I haven't read it, but I hear it's really good.

[suzycat]

Posted: 4/17/07 at 1:03am

That's funny... I just got "Amazing Adventures" out of my library this week. So far so good. Also, everyone should read "Devil in the White City." It's great. Don't be put off by the fact that it's non-fiction - it reads like a fiction pageturner.