The Memory Keepter's Daughter. Nope. Don't get it.

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Just finished it and baffled by its success. Interesting premise but so drearily written. Poor characterisation. Don't get it at all. What's the appeal?

Nighbynight - Good point. My take on it is that 'bestseller' books are like pop music charts. For the most part, they are populated by young writers, whose first books are heavily marketed by the publishing companies - nice cover, catchy title, etc. Same level of sophistication and quality as pop tune of the day - i.e. very little of either.

What baffles me is WHY so many otherwise intelligent and interesting people read these shallow and awfully written books, just because they are on the bestseller list? These same people wouldn't be following top of the pops, so why do they go for these books? I don't get it.

I found TMKD incredibly tedious and the main characters totally unlikeable.

A bit like TTTW actually... but at least I finished TMKD (not sure why I bothered though)

I'm glad it's not just me. Really didn't get this book. Didn't find it beautiful or amazing, was just incredibly bored by it. Especially the bit where the woman turned up and said 'Oh, you know you thought your daughter died? Well actually I stole her because your husband thought she should be in a home' and the mother went 'Oh, OK then. Do you think I could come to her birthday party?'

I actually really liked TTTW though

Am ploughing through Victoria Hislop's The Return at the mo and really not sure why I'm bothering apart from that sense I should never leave a book unfinished. Mind you, gave up on Crime and Punishment and am willing to recognise Dostoevsky's greatness even if C & P was beyond me so maybe can leave V Hislop on the shelf.

could be right, cote.
I am about to send a novel off to agents myself, which I would like to think comes in the "good read" category, which is why I am particularly despondent about what I am seeing in the bookshops.

I bought 15 books for 50ct each in a car boot sale at the weekend though, including an early edition of Rebecca, and a gorgeous romance published in 1910 entitled "The Woman Who Didn't." So my reading is assured for a while

i found it fairly offensive that the story was written from every characters point of view apart from the daughter's.

"Offensive"???