What do you think of these books?

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What do you think of these books? 2016-02-04 14:47:22 Post No. 7659813
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What do you think of these books? Anonymous 2016-02-04 14:47:22 Post No. 7659813 [Report]

I was considering getting several of them. I don't know, though.

Rabbit is Rich - John Updike
Rabbit at Rest - John Updike
Binocular Vision - Edith Pearlman
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
The Fugitives - Panos Karnesiz
The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan

I'm not keen on John Updike, but I thought I might give him a third chance. Pearlman is pretty good, and Karnesiz is great, but hit and miss. Some of those books are famous, some obscure. What do you think of them?

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 14:54:31 Post No.7659829
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 14:54:31 Post No.7659829 [Report]

No opinions on someone like Updike? Or Donna Tartt? Seriously?

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 15:04:30 Post No.7659849
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 15:04:30 Post No.7659849 [Report]

I never understood why the first Rabbit book is considered so good. I thought it was weak.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 15:38:37 Post No.7659942
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 15:38:37 Post No.7659942 [Report]

>>7659829
The Gold Finch I heard of on the classical radio station in my area, the DJ said that was her favorite book of the year or something. So I've been meaning to check it out.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 15:42:59 Post No.7659953
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 15:42:59 Post No.7659953 [Report]

>>7659813
Updike is acceptable mid-tier /lit/, although I think his children stuff is better and witches of eastwick is his best adult book.

The rest of that shit is momcore, if you like books like that read Memoirs of a Geisha or Death Comes for the Archbishop or All the Light We Cannot See, which is at least highbrow momcore