The Memory Keepter's Daughter. Nope. Don't get it.

[nkf]

Just finished it and baffled by its success. Interesting premise but so drearily written. Poor characterisation. Don't get it at all. What's the appeal?

[TalkIsCheap]

I read it and found it disturbing and vair sad although poorly written

That's 2 days of my life I shan't get back

[nkf]

I know. I skim read the last bit and still felt I'd wasted time.

[OrmIrian]

I quite enjoyed it funnily enough. I can't remember much of the details though.

[MadreInglese]

Oh I liked it, very sad though

[OrmIrian]

It did seem to go on and on though and meander a bit. Not exactly short and punchy.

[midnightexpress]

Haven't read it because the title makes me think 'Time traveller's wife', 'Daughter of whereveritwas', 'Bookseller of Kabul'. It seems that 'The X of Y' is a particular genre of fiction now.

Although of those I have only read the beginning of the Time Traveller's Wife, which I hated, so I have no idea if there is actually any similarity between them at all, they just all seem to be sitting in the same area of lit fiction lite.

[OrmIrian]

OMG nooooo tis miles better than TTW. It didn't make me want to kill anyone for a start.

[MadreInglese]

Well I also liked Time Traveler's Wife if that tells you anything midnightexpress

[TalkIsCheap]

And I gave on the Thousand SUns book

Impenetrable, to me at least

[nkf]

I know what you mean, Midnight Express. The Memory Keeper's Daughter The Time Traveller's Wife. The The Apothecary's Nephew. I made that last one up but it could easily be a real title.

[ChasingSquirrels]

I enjoyed it, but I also found it interesting as my uncle was born around that time and has down's.

[OrmIrian]

The Shoemaker's Great Aunt
The Quantity Surveyor's Nanny
The Rat Catcher's Friend of the family.....

[nkf]

The Mumsnetter's Husband.

[midnightexpress]

Ah yes, NFK, in which our zero hero takes himself off to India and buys a motorbike to cycle home through the bazaars of Samarkand, the alleyways of old Isanbul and the fleshpots of Berlin, leaving his wife alone with their newborn baby for 6 weeks?

The Apothecary's Nephew definitely plausible though.

[Thelongroadhome]

I enjoyed it. Havent read any of those other ones though.

[tiredOFTHEDMemma]

I thought that it was crap.

I liked 1000 splendid suns though.

[NorksNappiesAndNowtElse]

I much preferred TTW to TMKD.

Something made me by the next book she had written, but didn't realise until I started the bloody thing that it was all short stories. Short stories with no sodding endings.

[muggglewump]

I have this in my reading pile along with Splendid Suns and Kevin.
I just finished The Book Thief last night and not sure what to start next?

Maybe I'll go for the rubbishy Lisa Keyplas book instead!

[SkaterGrrrrl]

"I much preferred TTW to TMKD."

Me too.

[UnquietDad]

The Glassblower's Stepdaughter.
The Soothsayer of Azerbaijan.
The Paperweight Collector.

Easy, this, isn't it?

[yada]

memory keepers daughter could have been so much better, good idea for a story but crap writing.

dont even bother watching the film, dh was not feeling great and had fallen asleep on me and i could not rach the control. i had to sit right through it as i did not want to wake him by moving him

[janeite]

I read it in desperation on holiday last year and thought it was utter, utter shite.

I did like The TT's Wife though.

[littlenamelessunrememberedacts]

The Horse-Leech of High Wycombe
The Toad Sexer's Tennis Partner

irritates the pants off me

[elmofan]

oh i loved the book but i was very disappointed with the film ,

[midnightexpress]

So the formula is:

The of

or

The of

Thus:

The carpet-seller of Baghdad
The diamond merchant of St Petersburg
or
The Wheelwright of Clovelly

or

The Mayor of Casterbridge