tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post2222737009057320546..comments2024-03-28T12:00:55.653-07:00Comments on FURROWED MIDDLEBROW: My share of disappointmentsFurrowed Middlebrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-47566068979934353092017-09-17T14:18:41.160-07:002017-09-17T14:18:41.160-07:00Even with your preface to this post, I read the de...Even with your preface to this post, I read the descriptions of most of these thinking "gosh, this sounds wonderful!" - but really useful to have cautionary tales. Especially since you're usually such an enthused and optimistic reader - I think it help lends even more authority to those novels you DO love :)Simon T - StuckinaBookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15199322354592885363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-77178703110011922492017-09-17T09:57:22.569-07:002017-09-17T09:57:22.569-07:00Scott, you may have inspired me yet again, albeit ...Scott, you may have inspired me yet again, albeit in a different way. I am slogging through The Hush Hush Murders (1937, by Margory Tayler (yes, new spelling) Yates) and set on a naval steamer out in the Far East - oh, it has affairs, murder (of course) adultery (maybe) Russian spies (maybe) but also way too much dated dialogue. I did a cursory Google search and can find no mention of her. I think I have taken this blog today as permission to return it to another book sale!<br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-52713669849059223582017-09-16T08:30:18.100-07:002017-09-16T08:30:18.100-07:00I think it's really useful to have these posts...I think it's really useful to have these posts; you're obviously scrupulously fair and if it's the only post about a book, you're doing readers a good service. LyzzyBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16398604923871095647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-59160252228192129332017-09-16T07:23:40.984-07:002017-09-16T07:23:40.984-07:00Sad when they let you down, eh? I tend not to bot...Sad when they let you down, eh? I tend not to bother putting up a review of a disappointing book at Goodreads. If they are simply unengaging or have dreary, unlikeable characters, I just stop reading.<br /><br />But when I invest time and emotional energy into a promising book, only to reach the end and say, "What????" then I feel I have to warn others not to waste their time on it.Susan Dhttps://dalyght.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com