Help-Do I continue reading " the Wasp Factory" by Ian Bain

[christie2]

I know it was listed as 100 best reads so I got it out of the library...but a book about the kids on the street who mutilate animals and worse, I am one chapter in and not to keen to keep going although the writing is very good. Why is the in the top 100, can any one help me out and should I keep reading?Wh?

[MitchyInge]

yes yes yes yes yes

because you must, it's worth it, I promise

[christie2]

really, but why, or will it give away too much?

[MitchyInge]

I dunno, it's been years since I read it but it was lovely and disturbing and shocking and so well crafted you just HAVE to!

[ClaudiaSchiffer]

I read it years ago as a teenager and loved it. I can still remember parts of it very vividly. It is good but brace yourself for some pretty gruesome passages.

[Scarletibis]

Back when I read it it was one of those books that everyone raved about - but i didn't like it, thought the main character was too awful.

[RedLollyYellowLolly]

Personally I'd bin it. But then I think Ian Banks is way overrated.

There is a twist (hope that doesn't count as a spoiler).

[thedolly]

Saw the stage version and it was great - weird though.

[KirstyJC]

You should carry on - it is really fab! He is a vey good writer - you can never guess what is going to happen next. It is a bit of a shocker but worth it.

[southeastastra]

i read the series when i was about 20, the bridge was one? very odd, unnerving especially the kite bit

[policywonk]

Yes, carry on if you like twists.

[themoon]

Keep reading. I've re-read this recently and still enjoyed as much as the first time.

[fishie]

i read it 20 yeasr ago and thought it was great and pretty easy to read. and that was at a time when i was much more willing to read 'hard work' books.

now i think that most books are terrible and a self indulgence for the writer.

[WesternBelle]

Personally I found it tedious and too try-hard. It also seems quite dated now (in the way that the X Files does).

[cthea]

Yes, carry on, it's a good read. Will haunt you for a while.

[jkklpu]

Carry on, definitely. Some other Iain Banks is fab though one or two dire: I couldn't get past page 2 of The Bridge.

[LibrasBiscuitsOfFortune]

It's shit. very over-rated.

[Jux]

I'd rather read the one by Iain Banks, but each to his own eh?

[OnlyWantsOne]

I read it when I was 11.... cripes

keep reading

[Jux]

The Bridge was alright; I hated The Crow Road though.

[yama]

I liked it. It's a very short book isn't it? Shouldn't take long - keep going.

[ForExample]

shhhh policy

[policywonk]

Red Lolly already said it miss!

[ForExample]

oh yes! sorry ms wonk. Naughty lolly!

[ClaudiaSchiffer]

Jux! I loved The Crow Road, how could you hate it?

Did you see the telly version too?

[Jux]

Yeah, I saw the telly version. It was a bit better, but tbh I found it all rather pointless. Not sure why. I haven't read it for years and can't remember much about the tv production. I might read it again.

I think most of his other books are better. I love Whit and The Business is fabulous. And all his scifi stuff is great.