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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.
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Updated On: 4/16/07 at 04:18 PM
#2re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Posted: 4/16/07 at 4:20pmI liked it alot, so (due to our likenesses) I assume you would too.
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#2re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
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.
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#3re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
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).
#4re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Posted: 4/16/07 at 4:38pmi 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...
#5re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Posted: 4/16/07 at 4:44pmI loved it! It was really slow and boring at first but after the first 80 pages or so it gets really good.
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#6re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
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.
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#7re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Posted: 4/16/07 at 5:08pmI LOVE Wonder Boys but I haven't read anything else from Michael Chabon. Is his other stuff pretty good?
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#8re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
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.
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#9re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Posted: 4/16/07 at 5:15pmit took a while, hahaha... i've read some other Chabon stuff and i think this is by far and away his best work...
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#10re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
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.
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#11re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Posted: 4/16/07 at 6:04pmThe 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...
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#12re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
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.
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#13re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Posted: 4/16/07 at 6:54pmI've heard "The Road" is amazing.
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
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#14re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Posted: 4/16/07 at 6:55pmI 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.
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#15re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Posted: 4/16/07 at 7:46pmI 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.
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#16re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Posted: 4/16/07 at 7:49pmhas anybody read Devil in the White City? it's a non-fiction book, and is fantastic, one of my recent favorites...
#17re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Posted: 4/17/07 at 12:41amNo, I haven't read it, but I hear it's really good.
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#18re: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Posted: 4/17/07 at 1:03amThat'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.
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