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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
Decent enough book on writing. The chapters were pretty hit or miss. When they hit, they were really good (e.g., the chapters on characters and plot), but when they didn't they weren't so great (e.g., the chapters on story and fantasy). It's a different look at novel from a writing point-of-view since it's more focused on the novel as genre than how to actually write it, but it was definitely a helpful perspective to read.
Rating: 3.5 Stars (Good).
Rating: 3.5 Stars (Good).
informative
medium-paced
I don't want to doubt Forster's talents, but this book is honestly a boring read. I am beginning to agree with Stephen King more and more with each day. There should be a story or at least an interesting way to tell something.
Aspect of the Novel is really going back and forth all the time. No structure... I managed to stand 1/3 of it. Maybe one day "I'll grow-up" and be able to go back to this book, maybe not.
Wouldn't recommend it actually. People, read Stephen King's "On Writing". It's way more useful in all possible aspects.
Aspect of the Novel is really going back and forth all the time. No structure... I managed to stand 1/3 of it. Maybe one day "I'll grow-up" and be able to go back to this book, maybe not.
Wouldn't recommend it actually. People, read Stephen King's "On Writing". It's way more useful in all possible aspects.
informative
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challenging
informative
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medium-paced
last book of 2022.. pretty good, appendices and intros were illuminating and i liked the first couple of lectures the most!
will read forster’s fiction next xxx
will read forster’s fiction next xxx
I enjoyed it to some extent, especially the laugh-out-loud moments where he points out how utterly ridiculous a plot is, or quotes a parody of Henry James by H G Wells. But many of the books of which he speaks are ones I have never even heard of and so I must confess that there were times when he lost me and I would rather have been elsewhere.
informative
reflective
medium-paced