The Essex serpent-am I ever going to like it?

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buckeejit · 21/04/2018 23:35

I'm half way through & not connecting with it at all. It's on audio & wondering whether to bother continuing....everyone else seems to love it. Is this as good as it gets?

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Macauley · 22/04/2018 08:56

I was disappointed. I Just couldn’t get into it, so gave up.

AlonsoTigerHeart · 22/04/2018 08:50

I found it bloody dull! Nothing happens
I thought I must of missed some hidden subtext because people rave about it

falaciousreasoning · 22/04/2018 08:48

I gave up about a third of the way through. Just couldn't get into it at all. It is the first book I have ever given up on, normally I just trundle along to the end for closure but haven't given TES a second thought.

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buckeejit · 22/04/2018 08:42

I hated the Power-worst book of last year.

I'm going to return it-both these are on audio. I'm all my life I've struggled to the end of books that I'm not into & what is the point? There was such hype behind this one too. No more! Probably didn't help that I quickly absorbed a very good book on the middle of this one. Oh well, onwards & upwards. Thanks both!

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butteredbarmbrack · 21/04/2018 23:41

I struggled through to the end, but also wasn't convinced. I read The Power by Naomi Alderman recently too and similarly finished it more through a sense of duty than because I enjoyed it.....

NambiBambi · 21/04/2018 23:40

Reading this with interest as I have got it out of the library for the second time and still haven't got round to it. I don't know why exactly...

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