secret history .... pls tell me it gets better

[jackiekatu]

Downloaded this as it was recommended again and again by many in the last few weeks in differend threads .Have read 36 pages so far and utterly boring ? Does it get better or is it just me ??? Tia

It does get better. You will be gutted when it ends. Stick with it, it's a bit turgid to begin with.

It's years since I read it but I remember loving it! I was pregnant with DD and stuck in bed with a fiendish cold. I drank fruit tea with honey and lost myself in that book. I was very sorry to finish it.

I have this book somewhere found it dull maybe I need to give it another try.

I think it's deeply flawed but also very readable - but honestly, I think a lot of it depends on whether you share Richard's fascination with his 'picturesque' Greek classmates and buy into his horror of anything he considers Californian or suburban.

Read this a few months ago and loved it. You've barely got going so please keep reading a bit more! The story really does get more gripping.

Nope. Massive waste of my time

I thought it was awful, kept telling myself it would get better and I think I finished it but if I did it was out of sheer cussedness.

I enjoyed it but I can't remember if that was from the beginning or further in. I think it is a good book though.

I LOVE this book, but I am pretty sure it got me from the start. definitely wouldn't have considered it a slow burner. pains me to say so, but you should probably ditch it.

I'm listening to the audio book at the moment and loving it. It is a slow paced book but I don't mind that in an audio book. I listen to it while I'm pottering round the house, doing housework etc.

It's one if the few books i have read twice. I loved it. Stick with it!

Like nebulae I listened to it as an audiobook - same with Goldfinch. I am doing a classics course with the OU now - so I would say I got into it!

I love that book. Stick with it, it's brilliant.

I've just realised I'm on part 28 of 28 of the audio book :(

Now starts the search for another decent audio book.

I love this book, please continue with it.I'm sure you will be completely gripped soon.

Agree with the PPs saying if it hasn't grabbed you by now then forget it, it doesn't really change (although technically you should get to page 68 before giving up .)

I loved it, but was gripped from the beginning.

One of my favourite books, but it did take me three attempts. I'd say put it down and try again in 6 months

I loved it! But from page one from what I remember, so maybe you won't.

I read it when I was a student. I loved it.

Moving on two decades a few years, I read it again. Couldn't stand it. Every single character was so mind-bogglingly self-absorbed (and yes, I do know that's the point), I wanted to slap them all - hard.

I think it might be one of those books that's meaningful if you read it at the right stage in your life.

Thank you everybody I have it another chance , absolutely hate it and have come to the conclusion that there is no point continuing with it :(:( maybe one day