Jimmni t1_j28u03g wrote
If it helps, they’re truly wonderful and weird books.
The main antagonist is my favourite in literature. Iago is but a child beside his grit, patience and ambition.
The prose is rich and beautiful. Just read the very first paragraph and you’ll see.
It’s a world, albeit a small one, that you’ll never forget. Full of detail and mystery and the quirkiest of characters.
Also it’s actually three books, you just have them in one volume. Take them one book at a time. The second is the best.
The first two are my favourite books of all time and I re-read them most years. The third is good too but quite different.
All that said, they’re not books I’d recommend to get back into reading. Maybe a Pratchett instead.
Automatic_Secret_539 t1_j28unx0 wrote
>Also it’s actually three books, you just have them in one volume. Take them one book at a time. The second is the best.
Thats part of the problem i think its a paperback book which i dont agree with anyway but ontop of that it just looks so long as its the three books combined. Im looking at hardback copys and they are mega money too. I wanted to read these because of the song the drowning man, im a big music person and i thought it was such a beutiful song. That and the fact i love gothic literature and poetry and the setting sounds so beutiful. I really want to start but am straggling with it.
Jimmni t1_j29a7wj wrote
Just read the first page and you’ve started :D
cferrari22 t1_j2a8irm wrote
I know some people would be appalled, but unless it’s a book you want to keep forever, tearing it into three (or more!) parts is NOT a sin! 😁
Automatic_Secret_539 t1_j2a8p20 wrote
Not sure my dad who brought it me for Christmas would be too happy, i totally get book art but i really dont like damaging or using books like that unless the book is already damanged beyond repair. Just personal preference!
cferrari22 t1_j2a8ou2 wrote
Sorry, just saw that someone else already suggested it.
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