What's everyone been reading?

[sweet_sparrow]

Yep. It's that time again... What's everyone been reading in... Oh, wait, I didn't ask last month, did I? Since I've last asked then. I think that makes in 'in May and June'.

Anyway, what's been on your reading palate and would you recommend it? ^-^

I've had a good reading month the past June, but May wasn't quite as spectacular. But in the interest of brevity and reading-list-friendliness, I'll leave more detailed responses for in a comment. I want to see how/whether that works better for people than a cut. ^-^

Comments

[queen_ypolita]

Well, I think I expected to have more about the Old Filth's (the protagonist, now retired lawyer, "Filth" stands for "Failed in London, try Hong Kong") adventures as a successful lawyer (there are bits and pieces that suggest he's legendary), and as the early chapters were quite heavily focused on his and his wife's retirement to the British countryside, I thought there would be more about his relationship with his wife. Also in the early chapters, an old enemy/fellow lawyer from Hong Kong settling nearby, which seemed to promise interesting frienship/enmity stuff for later, which didn't really happen. Instead, there's quite a lot about his childhood (which wasn't uninteresting, but I didn't expect it to be so central to the book) and attempts to reconnect with people he knew as a child/young man when he's grieving after a major loss.

[sweet_sparrow]

Oooh... *nods* That does make for a very different kind of book, yes. I like the idea of a story following from your expectations much more... (The other sounds interesting too, just... not as much as your initial impressions.)