What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:30 am

I just found his over the top description of every single item in a room, its odour, temperature and everyone in the room distracted from the plot and slowed down the story making to the point of tedium.
His stories were published weekly as serials in newspapers when they first appeared and maybe this breaking up of the story led to all the padding out.
Other people think he was a genius.
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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by GloryofGreece » Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:41 am

Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:30 am
I just found his over the top description of every single item in a room, its odour, temperature and everyone in the room distracted from the plot and slowed down the story making to the point of tedium.
His stories were published weekly as serials in newspapers when they first appeared and maybe this breaking up of the story led to all the padding out.
Other people think he was a genius.
Read Christmas Carol and say he didn't know how to write a good story. Great Expectations and David Copperfield were grand narratives and good as well. Obviously all art is a matter of taste to one degree or another. But honestly with all the irony and nihilism out there its refreshing to see some sentimentality in the entertainment sector.
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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by heydaralon » Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:43 am

Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:30 am
I just found his over the top description of every single item in a room, its odour, temperature and everyone in the room distracted from the plot and slowed down the story making to the point of tedium.
His stories were published weekly as serials in newspapers when they first appeared and maybe this breaking up of the story led to all the padding out.
Other people think he was a genius.
I thought Scrooge was in the right, and that Mrs. Havisham should have put that fucking cake in the freezer instead of leaving it out to rot. Dumb bitch that she was.
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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:52 am

GloryofGreece wrote:
Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:41 am
Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:30 am
I just found his over the top description of every single item in a room, its odour, temperature and everyone in the room distracted from the plot and slowed down the story making to the point of tedium.
His stories were published weekly as serials in newspapers when they first appeared and maybe this breaking up of the story led to all the padding out.
Other people think he was a genius.
Read Christmas Carol and say he didn't know how to write a good story. Great Expectations and David Copperfield were grand narratives and good as well. Obviously all art is a matter of taste to one degree or another. But honestly with all the irony and nihilism out there its refreshing to see some sentimentality in the entertainment sector.
I didn't say he couldn't write a good story. My objection is more about his writing style and excessive descriptions of the minutiae distracting from the storyline. Others like that part of his writing the most as it gives us insights into life in Victorian England.

I prefer the Muppet's Christmas Carol to his dreary offering. ;)
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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:56 am

heydaralon wrote:
Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:43 am
Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:30 am
I just found his over the top description of every single item in a room, its odour, temperature and everyone in the room distracted from the plot and slowed down the story making to the point of tedium.
His stories were published weekly as serials in newspapers when they first appeared and maybe this breaking up of the story led to all the padding out.
Other people think he was a genius.
I thought Scrooge was in the right, and that Mrs. Havisham should have put that fucking cake in the freezer instead of leaving it out to rot. Dumb bitch that she was.
Bloody right, Christmas day off? That road leads only to Communism and the death of nations.
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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:01 am

One good thing about Christmas Carol was the traditional roast goose and not the importation of the nasty dry turkey from a shithole nation far across the ocean.
Goddamn globalisation of Christmas lunch.
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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by Hastur » Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:30 am

Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:30 am
I just found his over the top description of every single item in a room, its odour, temperature and everyone in the room distracted from the plot and slowed down the story making to the point of tedium.
His stories were published weekly as serials in newspapers when they first appeared and maybe this breaking up of the story led to all the padding out.
Other people think he was a genius.
What newspapers?

It was the Biscester Times, is was the Worcester Times.
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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:33 am

Hastur wrote:
Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:30 am
Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:30 am
I just found his over the top description of every single item in a room, its odour, temperature and everyone in the room distracted from the plot and slowed down the story making to the point of tedium.
His stories were published weekly as serials in newspapers when they first appeared and maybe this breaking up of the story led to all the padding out.
Other people think he was a genius.
What newspapers?

It was the Biscester Times, is was the Worcester Times.
:lol: :lol:
...and they say that the Nords have no sense of humour.
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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by Hastur » Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:37 am

Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:33 am
Hastur wrote:
Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:30 am
Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:30 am
I just found his over the top description of every single item in a room, its odour, temperature and everyone in the room distracted from the plot and slowed down the story making to the point of tedium.
His stories were published weekly as serials in newspapers when they first appeared and maybe this breaking up of the story led to all the padding out.
Other people think he was a genius.
What newspapers?

It was the Biscester Times, is was the Worcester Times.
:lol: :lol:
...and they say that the Nords have no sense of humour.
Careful, Scandinavian humour is no laughing matter.
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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Mon Dec 10, 2018 7:21 pm

Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:30 am
I just found his over the top description of every single item in a room, its odour, temperature and everyone in the room distracted from the plot and slowed down the story making to the point of tedium.
His stories were published weekly as serials in newspapers when they first appeared and maybe this breaking up of the story led to all the padding out.
Other people think he was a genius.
I had the same problem with Stephen King.
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