I finally read that 'must-read' literary novel everyone pushed last year

Our club spent $28 each on hardcovers of 'The Silent Citadel' after a member insisted it was profound. I found it so painfully slow that I couldn't finish the last 150 pages. Has anyone else felt pressured to buy a book the group loved, only to totally hate it?

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michael_bennett116mo ago

My copy of 'The Silent Citadel' is holding up a wobbly table leg now. What was the most boring book you ever tried to finish?

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anna9836mo ago

I forced myself through 200 pages of "The Gray Regent" before giving up. It felt like reading a tax form, michael_bennett11. Every chapter was just people walking slowly across a field to talk about grain prices.

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clairer795mo ago

Oh man, I feel your pain, I had to give up on "The Gray Regent" too after suffering through those grain price talks.

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