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The Tenderness of Wolves - persuade me to plod on

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AdamAnt · 20/02/2008 22:14

I just haven't taken to it so far (I'm about 100 pages in). Is it worth persevering?

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ska · 06/03/2008 15:41

yes it could well be, i often miss stuff like this, so keen am i for a happy ending...

expatinscotland · 05/03/2008 17:39

The sled dog Lucie also showed immediate affinity with Mrs Ross and at times, seemed to be a reflection of her own self, well, in a couple of scenes.

expatinscotland · 05/03/2008 17:38

He specifically asked her first name and she responded, 'You've said it often enough.'

There was only one forename he called often, and that was his dog's. Lucie.

Troutpout · 05/03/2008 17:31

i liked it... I saw i recommended on mn and would never have chosen it myself. But yes i agree that it seems to have been written ready for film

catsmother · 05/03/2008 17:24

Hmm, maybe Ska ......

Have to confess I was completely in the dark about the whole name thing but one or two of the group came up with the name/dog theory and it seemed plausible.

ska · 05/03/2008 10:03

oh i thought when she said 'you've said it enough' she was saying its MRS Ross as in ' back off i don't have the right to have a happy life i have to go back to the old tedium of life with MR Ross' - so she was giving him the bum's rush NOT that she is called Lucy

expatinscotland · 04/03/2008 19:13

Yep, it's Lucy.

catsmother · 04/03/2008 19:12

"Mrs Ross" ..... but we find out right at the end that actually her name is Lucy (if I remember correctly). Anyway, whatever he's been calling his dog. She says something like "you've said it often enough" after he asks her name.

Threadworm · 04/03/2008 11:33

Its one of those books (more and more common I think) that seem to have been written almost with a view to the film rather than the book itself. All very filmy, especially the final scenes.

ska · 04/03/2008 11:31

yes i was wondering who had bought the film rights. i could see jodie foster as mrs ross!

christie1 · 03/03/2008 23:00

I really liked it. Once they start out through the snow and end up at the camp it picks up. Other characters start to intersect on the trail so you can find more characters that interest you. I would keep on with it.

aefondkiss · 03/03/2008 21:39

I finished it and enjoyed the 2nd half of the book much more than I expected... dh is sitting reading it now.

we have decided it will make a great film.

ska · 03/03/2008 21:38

i loved her and still think about her (i must get a life)

expatinscotland · 03/03/2008 21:37

She was always referred to as 'Mrs Ross'.

I like her! She was very much an Edinburgh woman - like the author!

Threadworm · 03/03/2008 21:36

The main female character I forget her name always made me think of mumsnet. I bet if there had been a mumsnet in 19-century Canada she would have been a member.

dewmeadow · 03/03/2008 21:35

I havr read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell at least 3 times!!

Threadworm · 03/03/2008 21:32

No. Don't plod on. It would be easier and more rewarding to keep on walking through a blizzard.

ska · 03/03/2008 21:26

i loved it but agree taht if you dont then give up and try something else instead

catsmother · 02/03/2008 22:27

I chose this for the book club I go to based on various (good) reviews. From 7 of us, 5 raved about it, but 2 of us (including me) thought it was just okay. I thought the descriptions of the environment were very evocative but really didn't warm to any of the characters.

aefondkiss · 27/02/2008 21:51

I am on page 162, it isn't the best book I have ever read, but it is okay, find the jumping from one character to another a bit annoying now, but it is still worth reading...

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AdamAnt · 27/02/2008 21:46

I'd forgotten I'd posted about this

I've been studiously avoiding it for the last few days, but you've persuaded me to pick it up again. I hate giving up on a book...it preys on my mind for years

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ArcticRoll · 27/02/2008 21:40

Deffo worth persevering with imo.

threestars · 27/02/2008 21:39

I found it slow-going for quite a while, and almost gave up, especially with all the descriptions of snow and the cold, but it's CERTAINLY not mediocre, (the quality of the writing is superb) and really speeds up towards the end to the point where I really didn't want to put it down for an instant, which I hadn't expected at all when I first started reading it. CONTINUE!!

andiemustlosehalfastonemore · 21/02/2008 19:38

I loved it but took a while to get going plod on I would say

janeite · 21/02/2008 19:37

Expat
We'll just have to agree to disagree on that one.

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