The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

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I have had this book for around a year and only just got round to reading it thanks to increased reading time at the moment.
I thought it was great, loved the writing style, the story and the characters.
i'm thinking trying some of his other books, probably not The Boy In The Striped pyjamas. Has anyone else read any others? What did you think?

THIF is definitely my book of the century (so far!). Incredible writing. I read it in a weekend whilst away at a conference and remember waking at 3am and reading for an hour.

I’ve read ‘Beneath the Earth’, which is a collection of his short stories. Also brilliant and quite like THIF in style - quite gritty but full of heart.

I absolutely LOVED THIF! It’s one of my favourite books ever, I was sad when I finished it. I’ve not read any of his others though- I’m always fearful of being disappointed 😄

I loved it.

Yes, it was excellent. Haven’t read any others.

Watching with interest as I really enjoyed it too. Have only read TBITSP of his other books.

OP, based on liking THIF I think you would enjoy A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Even better in my opinion.

Oooh I loved this as well! I also second A Gentleman in Moscow.

THIF is the perfect book. I love it so much.

Straight afterwards I read The Absolutist. It was good; an interesting and touching story. It didn’t have anywhere near the impact on me that THIF did.

I really didn't like this book. Sorry! I'm Irish and so much of it didn't ring true for me.i see so much love for it on here and don't get it at all.

That's interesting endgame.

Obviously not being Irish it's difficult to have a fully informed opinion. I know I would be more critical of novels set in Scotland if I felt they were inaccurate don't get me started on Outlander so I'm interested to know what didn't ring true to you?

I am Irish and i enjoyed thif, the first half at any rate, i thought the second half dragged a bit. (Just not my standard) i really enjoyed 'Ladder to the Sky' by Boyne though.

Thanks for all your comments. Ladder to the Sky was the one i thought looked interesting so I might try that and i'll look out for Gentleman In Moscow too.

Ladder to the sky is a very different style to thif but very good.

I read The Heart's Invisible Furies and absolutely loved it. Since then, I've read quite a some more of John Boyne's. Ladder to the Sky, The Absolutist, The House of Special Purpose (which is excellent) and, most recently, This House is Haunted (my least favourite but still not a bad read.) I've got Next of Kin waiting to be read. I think he's currently my favourite author.

Loved, loved, loved this book!

And A Gentleman in Moscow is also very excellent.

Other books in this category (for me) are A Little Life (extremely dark in places but ultimately an amazing read), The Goldfinch, The Secret History and A Fraction of the Whole.

All fantastic books that stayed with me.

THIF is one of my very favourite books ever and I send copies to people regularly as well, I'm quite evangelical about it! Also loved A Ladder to the Sky but not in the same way. Have A History of Loneliness, The Thief of Time and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas on my Kindle but haven't read them yet... I'm Northern Irish and it feels realistic enough for me 😊

I read it last year and very much enjoyed it.

I have a Little Life on my Kindle but psyching myself up to read it as I've heard it's a bit harrowing.

This year I've really enjoyed Where The Crawdads Sing. Probably my favourite read of the year so far.

Stoptheworld A Little Life is a truly exceptional read but, yes, very harrowing.

Another book I adore is All the Light They Cannot See. Another life-affirming, bighearted book of fabulosity.

Absolutely loved this book. A History of Loneliness (by Boyne too) is excellent as well, a hard read but worth it.

I really enjoyed THIF too - one of my top reads of 2018 along with A Gentleman in Moscow. Other John Boyne books I have read since are Ladder to the Sky, A History of Loneliness and The Thief of Time. Of these, I loved The Thief of Time, enjoyed A History of Loneliness although it is a difficult subject matter and was not keen on Ladder to the Sky because the main character was so unpleasant.

I’ve read most of his books, they’re all pretty good. I particularly liked the thief of Time and Mutiny on the Bounty..

I loved THIF
I struggled a bit with A Gentleman in Moscow.

I have put The House of Special Purpose on my to read list.