chaliepud Posted April 26, 2017 Posted April 26, 2017 If anyone is interested, The Essex Serpent is only £2.99 on Amazon UK at present, and delivery is free if you have Amazon Prime, I just ordered a copy and it will be here this evening, so quick and so cheap! Quote
Angury Posted April 26, 2017 Posted April 26, 2017 Have heard so much of this novel recently. Is it worth the hype? Quote
chaliepud Posted April 26, 2017 Author Posted April 26, 2017 14 minutes ago, Angury said: Have heard so much of this novel recently. Is it worth the hype? It has been well received by members of BCF, mixed reviews elsewhere but generally positive. I'll let you know! Quote
Madeleine Posted April 26, 2017 Posted April 26, 2017 I haven't read/heard one bad review of it yet. I got it in the supermarket for £2.99, and it will be my next read, when I finish the Jodi Taylor, which will probably be tonight. Quote
Janet Posted April 26, 2017 Posted April 26, 2017 I loved it! I read it on Kindle, but for £2.99 delivered I might just buy the book too! Edit - thanks, @chaliepud Quote
Madeleine Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 Quite a way into this now, for some reason serpents and sea monsters have figured in my dreams since I started it! Enjoying it though. Quote
willoyd Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) On 26/04/2017 at 1:03 PM, Angury said: Have heard so much of this novel recently. Is it worth the hype? It was my fiction book of the year last year, so I reckon it probably is. Obviously it depends on your reading preferences, but I already have an inclination towards historical fiction based on Georgian and Victorian times. Quite strongly character based too - there is a plot and I thought it a good one, but it's not the be all and end all. My review at the time is here if it helps - it wasn't very full as I only had time to write a set of mini-reviews at that time, but I think it's a fair summary of my thoughts as they still stand! Edited May 3, 2017 by willoyd Quote
Madeleine Posted May 4, 2017 Posted May 4, 2017 Just read your review Will, I don't think the writing is florid at all (which you've quoted some reviewers as saying), and I like the quirkiness that it has too, and there's some sly humour in there, and great characters, especially Cracknell with his earwigs (and moles, ugh). Certainly not the usual Victorian novel. Quote
Angury Posted May 14, 2017 Posted May 14, 2017 On 5/2/2017 at 11:46 AM, shirley said: Just bought it so looking forward to reading it. On 4/27/2017 at 9:36 AM, Madeleine said: Just started it. What did you guys think of the book? On 4/26/2017 at 2:13 PM, Janet said: I loved it! I read it on Kindle, but for £2.99 delivered I might just buy the book too! Edit - thanks, @chaliepud Out of interest, what is it about the novel that made you love it? I ask because I just finished the novel yesterday and thought it was 'just ok.' The writing is good, the plot was ok, the characters were more-than-ok I guess.. but it was nothing amazing. Just a bit confused about all the hype. Quote
Madeleine Posted May 14, 2017 Posted May 14, 2017 I've replied under one of the other threads, the book blog I think, but basically I agree with you. Quote
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