Well, I had already dive-bombed both Dan Brown and Philip Pullman, though perhaps more long ago than you and I have been friends. As for Attwood, you did not seriously expect me to like that particular book, did you?
The weird thing is that two very fine people on my f-list placed it next to William Golding, which I frankly could not see. Lord of the Flies is a terrible story, but it is a terrible story about something true.
I'm not going to argue about how people connect up books in their minds--waste of time. But I wouldn't have put those two together, one a didactic hammer, and the other a subtle, horrifying examination of just how far down the morality of civilization goes in (the education of) the young male.
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If you're going to ding popular books with NO WAY, of course you've got to expect a reaction! *g*
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But then I found the novel so awful I couldn't finish it. Not like there was anything new, or insightful in it.
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