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<blockquote data-quote="shtove" data-source="post: 112251"><p>I'm reading Imperium by Robert Harris, a fictional biog of the Roman senator Cicero. It's better than his previous novel Pompeii, but not a patch on I, Claudius - doesn't have the sex and *****iness.</p><p></p><p>I've only just found this thread, so here are responses to early posts:</p><p></p><p>I once started a Matthew Reilly book (novel?) and put it down with a stunned look on my face. Haven't picked it up since. Isn't he the Australian guy who couldn't get published and went and self-published, like Grisham did in the beginning? I was told that screenwriters for computer games like his style, but ... uuuuh wow, like how crap! And he's sold millions.</p><p></p><p>The Bronte parents were from Ireland (original name Prunty), and ended up in N England, where the father was a fairly lowly clergyman, I think. So, not a wealthy family. Haven't read WuthrinOits for years - but it is great.</p><p></p><p>The first half of Great Expectations is brilliant; the second half is sentimental tosh. Hard to compare it to Bleak House - they're very different animals.</p><p></p><p>Q: Is American Psycho the funniest novel of all time? Loratadine might be into that.</p><p></p><p>Credibility +ve: I read Don Quixote all the way through and found it funny. And I've never read a Harry Potter book.</p><p></p><p>Credibility -ve: Jeffrey Archer and Dan Browne are good storytellers, because even though they drag you backwards through fields of shitty prose they still make you want to know what happens next. Actually, Browne is almost unbearable, but Archer knows his stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shtove, post: 112251"] I'm reading Imperium by Robert Harris, a fictional biog of the Roman senator Cicero. It's better than his previous novel Pompeii, but not a patch on I, Claudius - doesn't have the sex and *****iness. I've only just found this thread, so here are responses to early posts: I once started a Matthew Reilly book (novel?) and put it down with a stunned look on my face. Haven't picked it up since. Isn't he the Australian guy who couldn't get published and went and self-published, like Grisham did in the beginning? I was told that screenwriters for computer games like his style, but ... uuuuh wow, like how crap! And he's sold millions. The Bronte parents were from Ireland (original name Prunty), and ended up in N England, where the father was a fairly lowly clergyman, I think. So, not a wealthy family. Haven't read WuthrinOits for years - but it is great. The first half of Great Expectations is brilliant; the second half is sentimental tosh. Hard to compare it to Bleak House - they're very different animals. Q: Is American Psycho the funniest novel of all time? Loratadine might be into that. Credibility +ve: I read Don Quixote all the way through and found it funny. And I've never read a Harry Potter book. Credibility -ve: Jeffrey Archer and Dan Browne are good storytellers, because even though they drag you backwards through fields of shitty prose they still make you want to know what happens next. Actually, Browne is almost unbearable, but Archer knows his stuff. [/QUOTE]
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