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Hi I completely agree with you - the book is majorly overhyped yet dull as anything upon actually reading it. I felt like none of the characters were likeable - partly due to being annoying boarding school kids but also due to their incessant obsession with pranks and ridiculous profound...

Yes it definitely wasn't a "bad" book, it just felt a bit..... limp and pointless and didn't live up to my expectations. It was far too short and unexplored. But i did enjoy his writing so I think i'll check Middlesex out thank you! :) And yes i did enjoy Catcher in the Rye actually (no need for...

ooh I'm intrigued ! ;)

Hi Mike ! :) oooh i haven't heard about that series before!!! are they crime books? they sound fun :)

I so desperately wanted to like this book - it had been recommended by a friend and after having read the synopsis I thought this was going to be brilliant; it sounded exactly up my street. However my problem with this book remains to be it's execution, or rather Eugenides execution of what I...

Just finished this book after an intense couple day's reading. The thing was... i couldn't put it down as I definitely enjoyed the narrative voice of Holden and his angsty/ungrateful tone certainly resonates with me however I feel that like many "classics" and culturally worshipped novels the...

Hi guys I'm Emily ! :) I'm 18, gay, a vegetarian, guitar player, coffee lover and you guessed it.... a bookworm! None of my friends read so.... I'm in dire need to people to discuss books with. I've just finished Catcher in the Rye (so many questions) and I'm about to start David Levithan's...