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Mark Mayhew
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2897
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject: Donna Tart-Secret History |
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Has anybody read the above-someone told me its very good. |
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Ian Robinson Site Admin
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3609 Location: Chorley, Lancashire
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't like it. For me, the fact that a woman was writing from a male view didn't ring true. It seemed like a woman's ideal of a man, rather than a real person.
So, despite all the favourable reviews, it just didn't work for me. |
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becky sharp
Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6851
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:59 am Post subject: |
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I loved The Secret History...it has a favourite poem of mine quoted in it..
WITH rue my heart is laden
For golden friends I had,
For many a rose-lipt maiden
And many a lightfoot lad.
By brooks too broad for leaping 5
The lightfoot boys are laid;
The rose-lipt girls are sleeping
In fields where roses fade.
A.E Housman
I read her second book....The Little Friend ..... last year and still get angry that i wasted my time with it |
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