3/10 - The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble (19/07/05)

Audience Aware


Category: Fiction
480 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0340734701
Publisher: Coronet Books


Inspired/Suggested by: Idle purchase in a charity bookshop.



Heat, January 31, 2004: 'A compelling read, with characters you'll really take to your heart'

I really don't know what was going through my mind when I bought this but I imagine not much. The fact is, I am no judge of whether this is good or bad because I am so outside of its targeted audience. This book is cyncially aimed at women who have been married over a decade with teenaged kids. If you do not fit this model then you are unlikely to remember the names of the characters never mind care for them and their lives. The chunks that deal with the books covered each month don't really bring a lot to the table as critique goes and at 480 pages this book felt like a chore once I hit the 300 page mark. 3/10 since I lost interest in all the characters before the end. I am the wrong person for this and will try to make sure someone who better fits its model gets hold of it soon.

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