[ SECRET POST #5302 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5302 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

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[sparklywalls]

I found the narration hard going at first but ploughed on because I'm stubborn and I got used to it to the point I really enjoyed the first two books. Not read the third yet.

Not going to be one of those "stick with it!" people because we've all got different thresholds for what works for us. But just wanted to say, even though I liked the books...I completely get your complaint and it's valid. I don't think you're a dummy. It's at best quirky and (at worst) for other people annoying.

[bookblather]

You're not alone. Do you like audiobooks at all? I found Wolf Hall MUCH easier to follow when it was being read to me.

[(Anonymous)]

Anton Lesser ftw for The Mirror and the Light audiobook

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, I love this secret! I wouldn't say Wolf Hall was too hard for me per se. I've definitely forced myself to finish more difficult books. That said, I did start reading it and then quit very shortly thereafter. Something in me was just like, "IDK man, do I really care THAT much about being able to tell myself I've read this?"

The answer was no.

That was around the end of my Reading Literary Classics phase, lol.

[tree_and_leaf]

Yeah, I bounced quite hard of her stylistic choices. I don't think it's bad, exactly, but it very much doesn't work for me.

[meadowphoenix]

so it's like james joyce but with history? oh no.

[tree_and_leaf]

I was going to say no, but.... maybe? But more Dubliners than Finnegan's Wake.

[meadowphoenix]

that's a small mercy to me, but thank you.

[(Anonymous)]

No, not at all. I found them perfectly readable and with a clear narrative thrust, personally.

[meadowphoenix]

Okay, thanks for the different view.

[(Anonymous)]

English is my second language, and I ploughed through all of the three books with gusto and enjoyed them. Even listened to the audiobook of the first one and had fun.

I have no formal higher education.

Done bragging for today, thank you ;D

[(Anonymous)]

It's possible that, given the way Mantel has written them, that the more formal language training helped you and those who have picked up the language more colloquially struggle by comparison?

[(Anonymous)]

I saw the play before I read the book and that really helped. There's a really good TV adaption, try that :)