This at times is a hilarious book chock full of one liners that I have since added to my vernacular. The chapters on packing their bags and the anecdote about the relative hanging up a picture frame are full of funny moments throughout. Unfortunately there are also several chapters, inconveniently placed right near the center of the book where I often find myself failing to slog through and finish titles, which are so laden with overly flowery prose and obscure bits of English local history that I nearly fell asleep. The book comes round again to end with some gems like the discussion on fishermen's tales late in the story. Overall I would say this book could be pared down in an abridged version and it would be perfection, but in its current form I found it too dull for my taste on multiple occasions to warrant receiving more than …
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And Then There Were None is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the …
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sh00g reviewed Three Men in a Boat by Jerome Klapka Jerome
Bits of laugh out loud mixed with bits I'd rather skip
3 stars
This at times is a hilarious book chock full of one liners that I have since added to my vernacular. The chapters on packing their bags and the anecdote about the relative hanging up a picture frame are full of funny moments throughout. Unfortunately there are also several chapters, inconveniently placed right near the center of the book where I often find myself failing to slog through and finish titles, which are so laden with overly flowery prose and obscure bits of English local history that I nearly fell asleep. The book comes round again to end with some gems like the discussion on fishermen's tales late in the story. Overall I would say this book could be pared down in an abridged version and it would be perfection, but in its current form I found it too dull for my taste on multiple occasions to warrant receiving more than three stars. Still, it is miraculous how so much of the humor holds up and is still so relatable to this day.
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Watership Down by Richard Adams, David Parkins
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A Separate Peace is a coming-of-age novel by John Knowles, published in 1959. Based on his earlier short story "Phineas", …
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sh00g rated Lord of the Flies: 5 stars
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize–winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a …