Enchantress of Florence by Rushdie
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This ought to be interestingly diverse
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RATE: ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE 4/2009
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05/03/09 09:35 AM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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Reading: Stone's Fall by Iain Pears; about to start Enchantress of Florence
Finished: The Colour, R Tremain, Scaredy Cat, Bellingham In the Woods by Tara French |
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05/03/09 10:26 AM |
I am not sure how to rate this one, 3 with a big caveat? A solid read for me but not one I would recommend to just anyone.
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05/03/09 02:42 PM |
2-3 - glad I read it, mostly enjoyed it - loved the language - but I can't see myself saying to anyone else that they have to read it.
Barb
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05/03/09 07:00 PM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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Tough to rate in some ways because what I did read of it was lush and left me feeling I'd been talking with a painting, but I couldn't finish and
wouldn't recommend it almost anyone, so...? 2 maybe?
Reading: Stone's Fall by Iain Pears; about to start Enchantress of Florence
Finished: The Colour, R Tremain, Scaredy Cat, Bellingham In the Woods by Tara French |
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05/03/09 08:40 PM |
I barely got started with this one. I just could not get into it even though I tried to listen to it and then to read it. I will go with the system and give it
a 0, but that might not be fair.
This rating thing is hard. I hate to trash someone's hard work, especially when I know that tons of people will love it. I'm just not one of the tons.
Mary
Reading: The color, Maisie Dobbs, Enchantress of Florence, 19th Wife Listening: When you are engulfed in flames. Hi-Lar-Ious - seriously, I hope I don't crash the car. |
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05/04/09 05:53 AM BCC BookieMonster |
I'm in the same boat as you, Mary. I think the writing, wording, etc... was wonderful. I enjoyed his ideas regarding "I" vs "we" and
religion. I loved the Arabian Nights feel in the beginning. But the story became a confusing quagmire for me. And for me it is all about the story. I finished
by skimming mostly because (nut that I am!) I wanted to know what the ick factor was! I'll go with a 1.
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05/04/09 07:14 AM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
This is tough. I didn't finish it, but as Debbie said, I did like the Arabian Nights feel at the start of the book. Certainly can't recommend it to
anyone. ("Here, read the first 50 pages of this book. Just don't read the rest?").
1, I guess.
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me" - CS Lewis
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05/04/09 08:31 AM |
1.75
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murraymint11 |
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05/05/09 06:02 AM BCC Bookaholic |
I'm with Jodi, so a 1 from me.
Jane, UK
Currently Reading: The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd Recently Read: Hide by Lisa Gardner, Mudbound by Hillary Jordan Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult, The Colour by Rose Tremain |
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05/05/09 12:16 PM |
I agree with Sandra, while I enjoyed it I wouldn't recommend it to just anyone. So I give it a qualified 3.
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05/15/09 04:51 PM BCC BookieMonster |
Yep - I'm the 1 camp.
Side note: I rewatched "Bridget Jones' Diary" last night... and I completely forgot that Rushdie had a cameo appearance in the movie!
Currently reading: Cemetery Dance by Preston and Child & Death on the Mississippi (A Mark Twain Mystery)
Recently read: The Enchantress of Florence |
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