tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post5313579468774054594..comments2023-06-25T11:24:57.244+01:00Comments on fairyhedgehog: What makes a book unreadable?fairyhedgehoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-6972795510866518652015-10-04T15:57:53.561+01:002015-10-04T15:57:53.561+01:00It is pretty bad, isn't it?It is pretty bad, isn't it?fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-77013476365350927942015-10-04T14:23:06.245+01:002015-10-04T14:23:06.245+01:00Ugh, yeah. The "two or three" blows it f...Ugh, yeah. The "two or three" blows it for me.Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925593802209715440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-45718186393850934762015-09-14T12:07:28.367+01:002015-09-14T12:07:28.367+01:00Simon, it would have been much more fun if it real...Simon, it would have been much more fun if it really was a spoof!fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-25772222164396641372015-09-14T11:41:58.320+01:002015-09-14T11:41:58.320+01:00Well, I think I'm with you. Hard to judge from...Well, I think I'm with you. Hard to judge from a few short excerpts but it read like a spoof of 1950s sci/fi to me...Simon Kewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537163555998763769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-76803030291824352562015-09-12T19:15:14.705+01:002015-09-12T19:15:14.705+01:00Lexi, the standard of writing was poor but I admit...Lexi, the standard of writing was poor but I admit to being willing to overlook that for the sake of reading sci fi. The sexism bothered me more!<br /><br />And I agree that if it was close POV "broke through" might be acceptable in showing jerkhood, but in fact it seemed to be the POV of the narrator.<br /><br />Times have changed and I can get my sci fi fix without having to read a lot of sexism these days! For example, I don't know if you've read The Martian, but it's seriously good and not sexist at all!fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-9345703839913586472015-09-12T15:23:51.896+01:002015-09-12T15:23:51.896+01:00That sentence in the first extract: 'Look at h...That sentence in the first extract: 'Look at him and you thought he was timid' - would put me off. I couldn't read a book's worth of contorted syntax like that.<br /><br />I guess I'd be okay with the 'broke through' bit as long as the passage was in close POV, and it was there to demonstrate the character was a jerk.<br /><br />I find I have to switch off Richard Briers and Prunella Scales in the 1963 'Marriage Lines' on Radio 4 extra, because of its antiquated assumptions about men and women. Grisly rather than funny.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.com