It is tamer in the sense that there are less scenes in the show with rape and often the scenes are better portrayed on screen than in the books.

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thank you! really appreciate the kind words ':)

I'm so happy it helped! It is one of the most unique and beautiful things I've ever read -- an entire book-length meditation on what it is like to live alone, what that means in society, how to do it happily, the ways it is misconstrued by others, etc.

I hope you enjoy it -- take care out there.

Yes, I believe Claire has three instances in the first book some.

I will say this; I think Gabaldon is a talented writer and she creates great characters. But she uses her parlour trick too many times.

“The show is tamer… every main character gets raped”

That’s an accurate assessment for the book given I believe multiple main characters get raped multiple times in the book, right?

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Realize that it's just incomparable. It's not that there isn't a competition—a competition doesn't even make sense.

Take for instance: one person reads the Twilight series. In the same time, a second person reads the Iliad twice. Who “won”? The Twilight reader because they read three books, while the Iliad reader only read one? Or is it the Iliad reader, because they read a book that has arguably more “value” from a cultural standpoint? Is it the Twilight reader because they read more words? or is it the Iliad reader, because having read the book twice, they understand the words better?

Really, the only thing that truly matters is the enjoyment each reader got out of the experience. And that's not comparable. There's really no way to quantify or compare it (so long as you drop books that don't interest you, and don't force yourself to finish them regardless).

If you're still struggling, you can do what I do and read mostly classics. That way you can tell yourself that, even if other people might be reading more and “beating you” in terms of quantity, you're still outdoing them in terms of quality.

I think I need to re-read it and give it a second chance knowing what I know now. Thanks for clarifying!

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Does anyone know if The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers has a love triangle? I hate love triangles but I want a magical romance with two people who fall in love and great worldbuilding outside of romance. Any thoughts on the romance or worldbuilding in this book? I love the synopsis.

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”- Thorin Oakenshield

Oh yeah that would be confusing. It was revealed that Mumble was outside the room when Matteo's sister was r worded. But, he was also threatened and manipulated into it by her attacker, so while he didn't speak up and he should have, he was also sort of a victim. He carried tons of guilt about it and ended up walking into the woods at the end of his hockey career and potentially unaliving himself, at least that's what was implied.

i have read that book almost twice and love it. the first time i was 25 and read 3/4 of the book, but moved around a lot and managed to lose it. i picked it up again about 10 years later and started from the beginning. you will get used to the writing style and it will become less of a slog. there is one scene that made me cry. i still think about it from time to time when i want to relive the heartbreak, haha. i hope you end up liking it and continue down the dostoyevsky path. it’s not a primrose path, but dark and full of humanity.

I noticed that I didn't enjoy his newer books but wasn't sure why. This would be why, it was the writing style change.

David Foster Wallace once said, “Good fiction's job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”

I'm one of those Malazan fans. And I'm "contemptuously sneering" at you and your fragile sensibilities. If you want the fantasy genre to conform to your "blinders on" worldview, hate to break it to you but fantasy isn't for you. Besides seems like you don't do much reading anyway.

There are clues, but his books are not puzzle-solving whodunnits. I never feel like I’m trying to figure out who is guilty. They are more noir, with lots of moral gray areas. He draws you into the characters and the setting.

Loved his early works, then I thought they became formulaic (like Harlan Coban) imo. Still following Sandford’s Prey series, though; you might like that author. (editing to add I thought The Poet might have been one of my all-time favorite books)

Oh, thanks for your answer. I appreciate it.

The cases are solvable by the reader, they have more of a mystery element rather than mindless thriller like other similar authors.

The Harry Bosch series is good at the start. Connelly starts to write a lot like James Patterson in the later novels which I really dislike. But if you’re a fan of JP then you would probably also like the later books.

I'm reading it now too. I would just keep a character guide handy to keep up with the names. I frequently have to reference a guide when I get confused.

I dont find the vocabulary to be particularly difficult though. Maybe it's the translation?

Read a few and you’ll see your question is irrelevant. He is one of the best authors of crime novels and well worth the read.

El-ahrairah, your people cannot rule the world for I will not have it so. All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.,

Watership Down

Book clubs are never really at your own pace. Discord servers, sure.

Or, you just use a tool that does the job just fine.