I tried reading In the name of a rose. But i just couldnt. Ive read novels with that kind of language/writing style before fine but i just couldnt with this one. It killed my will to read for 6 months lol. Cause i was on i think chapter 5? But i cant DNF books, i hate doing so. So i couldnt start another book without finishing that one. So it just killed my will to read. Until i coaxed myself into letting go lol

Does it get interesting? Cause i dont wanna spend 2 chapters describing a building again

My favorite was The Historian by her, but its also her longest work (and imo best).

Ooo I’ve heard of her. Thank you I’ll add her to my wish list 😊

If you like a mix of historical fiction and historical fantasy try Elizabeth Kostova

Thanks so much those books sound interesting and I’ll give them a go 😊

Accurate! 😂 I might suggest him to my partner. He struggles with reading but I think he would like these books and it’s positive to have books for different reading abilities and types. I’m glad I gave it a go - after all I’m trying to come outside of my reading comfort zone, so far I think mission accomplished

This book really impacted me as well in deep and dumb ways. Mostly I kept thinking what would happen if someone cut off one of their heads and just buried it underground forever. Or what happens to them after the sun dies and shit lol

Not exactly Chekov's gun but in The Wheel of Time (book series) there's a minor (named) character in The Eye of the World (1990) who shows up in A Memory of Light (2013). They do not feature and AFAIK are not referred to at any point in between.

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There's a reason that text is still popular at funerals, even secular ones without any church service. It's just very human.

The author wrote it very well, I agree with that.
So well to the point where her life felt fictional. I believe it didn't hit me personally because even though I grew up poor, I didn't move around nor did I have any manipulative/self-serving parents.

After that, I kept on reading similar genres (memoirs and slow-burn). Realized that those kinds of books were my favorite. I would read it again, but would like to do it with minimal distractions and pauses.

Yes.

He's one of those authors that could be categorised as "writing for people who don't like to read".

Well, what did you really expect of stinky cheese man?

Sorry I edited my above comment but you might have missed it.

If you like historical fiction, James Ellroy does Crime thrillers set mostly in LA in the 1950s and he's sensational

Also have you heard of In The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco? It's a medieval Detective story.

I also like James M. Cain, Michael Connelly and Richard Stark for noir type stuff.

Maybe commercial pop music will ultimately turn you into a psychopath?

Worth knowing that Bret Easton Ellis has a podcast in which he mainly talks about and reviews movies, but music and books also feature. It's a real pleasure listening to someone as eloquent and knowledgable on pop culture as BEE.

So I think one reason he chose pop music is simply because it is something he is super familiar with and can easily write and talk about.

Haha. I suppose it’s what sells, easy books to read for pleasure. I do like to be intellectually challenged a bit when I read 😂 any other crime authors you think I should give a try?

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This book was my 6th birthday present from my parents. Mom wrote on the inside, so it’s my only picture book from childhood edit: that my mom let me take with me; she has the rest. Still.

I like giving it to my Friends kids because it’s weird and different and fun.

Trust me, I don't think anyone ever accused Patterson of being a genius! LOL he writes fast paced thrillers, most of which are garbage but there a few that are decent enough if you're in the mood for them I've found

If you like historical fiction and want some historical type thrillers check out James Ellroy. He's fantastic

Ah amazing. I didn’t even realise he had a ghost writer. But it shows because the book was garbage 😂 I usually read historical fiction Eg Sharon Kay penmann, Margaret George or fantasy Eg Robin Hobb so that might explain why I felt like I was missing the genius of these books 😂

He does the same thing in the first chapter of Pandora's Star, where the protagonists find the energy harvesting tech. The pay-off is at the very end of Judas Unchained.

His earlier books before he had them all Ghost written have a bit more depth, but it's essentially a formula that he uses because it sells big.

Try the first Alex Cross Book, Along Come A Spider. It's when Patterson was still actually doing the writing.

As a nuerodivergent, being precious about language can be very stupid

I'm an atheist, and I have to say the Bible is super cool as a literary work. It deals with big-ticket philosophical ideas that we still grapple with today, and it's done them powerfully enough to influence almost all of the West's philosophy.

Job, for instance, is a superior piece when viewed through the lens of existential works. Despite being supremely pious, Job suffers dearly from God's divine argument of vanity with Satan, and he doesn't even know why. Worse yet, if he did know why, it would likely make him even worse off. Job grapples with the near-disdain the universe has for him despite being morally righteous, and he is essentially punished for being just.

The book of Job nailed this theme so well-- as head-scratching as it still is for many-- that it has subsisted in the canon for millennia, and has for just as long influenced the West's philosophy.