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sfstagewalker 's review for:
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
by Salman Rushdie
I've been wanting to read some of Rushdie's work for a very long time, but just never got around to it. I'm not even entirely sure how this used copy got on my shelves, but I was pleased to finally dig into it.
Unfortunately, I found it ... well ... boring. I find that I have little patience for overly florid prose, and Rushdie is clearly a big fan of long, discursive lists and clever turns of phrase. I found myself skimming paragraphs, and then forcing myself to go back to see if I had missed anything (which I hadn't).
I'll probably try Rushdie again, but this book isn't for me, I think. Other reviews here indicate that the part of the book that I got through (the first third) was the good part, and that the book only goes downhill from there... and I didn't like the "good" part. The sad thing is that this is the second novel in a row that I've picked up from my "to read" pile that I've been so disenchanted by that I've left them unfinished.
Unfortunately, I found it ... well ... boring. I find that I have little patience for overly florid prose, and Rushdie is clearly a big fan of long, discursive lists and clever turns of phrase. I found myself skimming paragraphs, and then forcing myself to go back to see if I had missed anything (which I hadn't).
I'll probably try Rushdie again, but this book isn't for me, I think. Other reviews here indicate that the part of the book that I got through (the first third) was the good part, and that the book only goes downhill from there... and I didn't like the "good" part. The sad thing is that this is the second novel in a row that I've picked up from my "to read" pile that I've been so disenchanted by that I've left them unfinished.