Booker and Trash
Nov. 15th, 2008 08:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearThe Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson won the Booker Prize in 2006. This is not something I really understand. I mean, it's well-written and very nicely structured, with two timelines cleverly woven together to gradually create the whole picture of the story. But I also found it dreary and depressing, with several unpleasant incidents and few characters sympathetic enough to garner sincere interest.
Glory in Death by J D Robb, on the other hand, is badly written, unforgiveably cliched, sickeningly trashy, and in no way good literature. I still really enjoyed it, though.
Perhaps it's time to give up on the pretence that I'm a fan of high-minded literature! :o)
Glory in Death by J D Robb, on the other hand, is badly written, unforgiveably cliched, sickeningly trashy, and in no way good literature. I still really enjoyed it, though.
Perhaps it's time to give up on the pretence that I'm a fan of high-minded literature! :o)
