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Has anyone hated 'Sister' by Rosamund Lupton as much as me?

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sonearsofar · 08/05/2011 17:20

I'm staggering through this book for my book group, but does anyone else think it is dull and badly written, and has loads of grammatical mistakes for a book which has been so hyped up? How do books like this get published?

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bluejeans · 18/05/2011 23:25

Enjoyed The hand that first held mine and sort of liked When God was a rabbit, but don't worry if you don't have anything to swap. Will be glad to pass Sister on!

elkiedee · 17/05/2011 13:33

Thank you bluejeans, will pm you later. What books have you enjoyed recently?

pickledsiblings · 14/05/2011 14:32

I really enjoyed it, missed all the hype though.

bluejeans · 14/05/2011 14:09

Elkiedee I've had no takers at all - I guess this is not the best thread to offer it on Wink. If you PM me your address you can have it! If you have anything that's nothing like Sister in your cast-off pile I might like it!

Valium - I didn't know it was being made into a film. Usually don't enjoy films of books I've read but think in this case it would probably be better than the book...

VeryStressedMum · 13/05/2011 23:57

I've read it, I remember not being being that impressed with it but I can't actually remember what the book was about!

SPOILER ALERT

Sister goes missing, something about a baby and a married man. Then does he kill her and makes it look like she killed herself? That's as far as I remember.

It was such a memorable book.

valiumredhead · 13/05/2011 12:55

I quite liked it Grin

I think it'll be a better film than a book, which sums it up really!

elkiedee · 12/05/2011 16:47

I quite liked it. bluejeans, do you still have that copy or have you binned it? I don't know if I have anything in my books to go out of the house pile you would like in its place.

TheBride · 12/05/2011 13:54

Spoiler alert

I started off hating it, but was only holiday and only took one book (yeah- I know- schoolgirl error), so I persevered and by the end I thought it was alright, but I dont understand the hype.

Also, I "got" the ending about half way through (unusual for me) so was shouting "Noo, don't do that, he's a murderer"

Also I'm bored about books involving evil pharma companies.

Finally, she nicked the idea for the ending from the film "The Descent"

5ofus · 12/05/2011 13:50

I quite liked it.

I'll get my coat...

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sonearsofar · 11/05/2011 21:06

I've given up and jumped to the end to see they have what must be the most annoying development in modern fiction - the suggested list of questions for book groups - just how stupid do the publishers think we are?

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Buda · 10/05/2011 23:05

Just finished it. Not overly impressed. Ending tries to be clever but I would have preferred a more definite ending.

Am glad I have finished it though as was bored with it.

Really had to make myself read it.

SerapisBey · 10/05/2011 22:35

felt i had t read it as was lent by a friend who raved about it. didn't enjoy it, it felt a bit too manufactured and clumsy, liked the ideas behind it though...

BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack · 10/05/2011 12:03

Oh no -this is my next book to read...maybe I wont bother, lol!

squashedfly · 10/05/2011 09:44

A friend lent it to me after raving about it - keep trying to like it but it's just not doing it for me - I told my friend and she was incredulous and has insisted I persevere with it but I don't know if I can, it has been on my bedside table for weeks now untouched. I think life's too short to read crap books that don't grab you, when there are so many others out there that will....

roundthehouses · 10/05/2011 08:16

it was ok, not particularly good but better than e.g. ´Room´ imo.

bluejeans · 10/05/2011 08:10

I've only managed to get rid of one of my two copies (see above) so if anyone who hasn't read it is curious to see how bad it is, PM me!

smartyparts · 09/05/2011 22:21

I also got it amongst a questionable selection of books from dh in my stocking at Christmas. I have given up. It was so boring I couldn't bear another page.

CatPower · 09/05/2011 22:17

I read it recently, thought it was fairly mince for the most part, and at the ending I could have ripped it in half. Useless awful ending. What annoyed me more was at the end there was a short interview with the author who said....SPOILERS....that she believed that she was saved at the end, she wasn't imagining the voices. WHY NOT JUST RIGHT THAT, THEN? WHY THE STUPID ~EXCITING~ ENDING?

Hatespinkcantcook · 09/05/2011 22:13

I agree completely far fetched. Struggled through it. Wish I hadn't bothered

FetchezLaVache · 09/05/2011 21:59

Oh no, I got it in my Christmas stocking too but haven't read it yet (because, tbh, I took agin it because I felt that "Sister" was a shite name for a book). Ah well, at least my hopes won't be high when I do get round to it!

QuickLookBusy · 09/05/2011 21:55

I read it recently and it was so bad I can't even remember the blooming ending Grin Unless someone tells me I will have to go and find it and reread the end. Don't make me...please

GColdtimer · 09/05/2011 21:49

Was just about to start reading this (picked it up at a charity shop). Don't think I will bother now Grin

atswimtwolengths · 09/05/2011 21:38

I hated it more than you did! The ending was probably one of the worst endings I've ever read - I can't believe the publishers accepted that.

Aimsmum · 09/05/2011 19:18

I found it all a bit odd all the way through, then the ending made me want to rip it up! (but it was a library book!!)

kickingking · 09/05/2011 18:57

DH put it in my stocking at Christmas. Thought it was crap - poor DH!

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