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Mumsnet Discussions: Adult fiction : The Olive Readers by Christine Aziz - hit or miss? (3 messages)
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Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By BeckyBendyLegs on Fri 17-Oct-08 18:14:39
An acquaintance raved about this book to me earlier this week and I saw it in a charity shop for £2 yesterday so thinking it was fate (since I'd never heard of it before) I bought it. But looking on amazon when I got home the reviewers seem to think it wasn't up to much at all. Should I read it or put it to the bottom of my 'will read one day, yeah right' pile?
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By BeckyBendyLegs on Wed 22-Oct-08 08:30:36
What can I say? It must be either so good that it is above comment or it is so rubbish you can't believe someone has lowered themselves far enough to deem it worthy of a mention here! I'll just have to read it to find out...
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By andyrobo237 on Sat 01-Nov-08 21:00:48
We had it on our book club on here and I read it - thought it was good, if a little far fetched, and the end finished too quicly, leaving unanswered questions!

I always feel that any book is worth a try - you will never know - and we all like different things!


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