The Tenderness of Wolves - persuade me to plod on

[AdamAnt]

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

I enjoyed it, it is very different-lovely descriptions of Canada.

Sorry, I had to give up on it.
erm, that's not what you wanted to hear, is it .

I really enjoyed it - but each to their own

I loved it.

Don't plod on!

There are too many good books out there that you will love, and life is too short

(Sorry, I haven't actually read it myself)

I loved it, but agree it was a slow starter. Keep going it's worth it

i gave up with it too

I enjoyed it.

I think the gradual trickle of info regarding each person kept me interestd (I just knew he was gay) and the interplay between the mother and....well I don't want to spoil it

I finished it -

but I still didn't like it. I'd stop if I were you and read something else instead. Life is too short to be bored by mediocre literature when you could just re-read "Pride And Prejudice"!!!

I'd rather poke out my eyeballs with a fork and eat them than re-read that tosh 'Pride and Prejudice' - or any of her stuff, for htat matter.

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

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

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!!

Deffo worth persevering with imo.

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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.

She was always referred to as 'Mrs Ross'.

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

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

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.

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.