book log: 46) William Makepeace Thackeray -- Vanity Fair

[julesjones]

I started reading this on the way back from Eastercon, because I had it on my Cybook. I didn't get that far before giving up on it and finding something else, because I found the characters so unappealing. It may be simply that I was tired and not very well, because I remember greatly enjoying the BBC TV adaptation (which is why I'd downloaded it from Feedbooks in the first place). A DNF for now, but perhaps I'll try it again at some point.

Comments

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Go back to it when you're feeling better: it takes a few chapters but then it's a hoot.

[julesjones]

Thanks, it's reassuring to know that.

I had the same advice with Cyteen (although with that one before starting the book), and found it easy to get through the set-up chapters when I knew from other people that it wasn't all like that.

(I actually enjoyed the opening section of Cyteen, I just wouldn't have wanted to read more than a couple of chapters of it.)