Readable Classics

aulsmith : I just don't like the Bennetts.

aulsmith : It's readable, but I find the end disappointing every time I read it.

aulsmith : I found pacing lose and disjointed. Had to start it a couple of times before I got through it.

aulsmith : I've never found these very readable as novels. They don't make sense, and the chess game in Looking Glass makes it even worse. But each chapter is fun and the poetry is great.

jain: I'm not usually a fan of Hemingway, but this I liked.

jain: Shows a perceptive and nuanced understanding of generational abuse. Accordingly, the beginning and middle of the book can be painful (though compelling) reading, but I find the eventual happy ending extremely catharctic.

jain: The Seamus Heaney translation is my favorite.

sturlington: Can be a slog but worth reading

aulsmith : I found the prose dense and the story odd.

aulsmith : I read this at age 18 and found it confusing and irritatingly misogynist (though I didn't know the word at the time).

jain: Who knew a book all about a board game could be so exciting?

aulsmith : Poe is very readable, but he gives me nightmares.