The Magus

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chopinbabe · 18/08/2014 20:45

Has anyone read The Magus by John Fowles?

I'm finding it hard going and very different to the only other one of his that I have read, 'The Collector.'

Any tips?

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 20/08/2014 23:47

If it is because you are dense, then you're in good company

Mediumred · 20/08/2014 23:36

I 'waded through' years ago and I'm pretty certain the ending was a big baffling letdown. Er, that could just cos I was v dense!

JiltedJohnsJulie · 20/08/2014 23:31

"wading through treacle" is pretty much my experience too.

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chopinbabe · 19/08/2014 18:35

I've just found Bookrags!

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Onedropoflove · 18/08/2014 21:07

Pretentious to say the least. I was going out with an older guy who lent me this. I did read it but didn't really get it at the time. He spent many hours explaining it gleefully to he. I read it afew years later and it kind of fell into place. Mind you he lent me that Donna Tartt book years later this time I could no longer pretend. I hated it.

baskingseals · 18/08/2014 21:05

It made me feel really thick, I still have it somewhere but even if I am desperate I never pick it up and think oh I'll give it another whirl. He is an excellent writer, but he lost me on the Magus.

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chopinbabe · 18/08/2014 21:00

No, I haven't tried them yet. This was given to me by a friend but I seem to be wading through it as if it were treacle,

So glad though that I am not the only person in the world who had found it hard going. I couldn't put 'The Collector' down, so I happily and foolishly accepted her offer of 'The Magus'.

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baskingseals · 18/08/2014 20:50

Read it years ago, can't really remember it, like you found it hard work.
Have you read The French Lieutenant's Woman or The Ivory Tower? Both brilliant.

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