tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post8009673203889989102..comments2024-03-28T07:56:38.659+00:00Comments on The View from the Blue House: Reading a screamRob Kitchinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-23908240076091712092011-06-30T21:42:42.323+01:002011-06-30T21:42:42.323+01:00Saw it but didn't read it. Horrible but excell...Saw it but didn't read it. Horrible but excellent.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-82643602480341534162011-06-28T20:49:05.381+01:002011-06-28T20:49:05.381+01:00The book is emotionally draining to read. The oth...The book is emotionally draining to read. The other books that I've had similar feelings when reading in the past couple of years would be Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin and R.J. Ellory A Quiet Belief in Angels. All great books, but not for the faint-hearted.Rob Kitchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-17721378913870891552011-06-28T14:55:46.648+01:002011-06-28T14:55:46.648+01:00Maxine, I'm not surprised that the TV series i...Maxine, I'm not surprised that the TV series is watered down. I couldn't imagine how much of the stuff in the books could be visualized.<br /><br />It's been a while since I read the books but I don't remember the identity of the baddie being all that obvious. IIRC, the other books focus more on police corruption.Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05555318160638307655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-65768513189066648502011-06-28T14:49:20.712+01:002011-06-28T14:49:20.712+01:00!!
I just found the experience of reading 1974 le...!! <br />I just found the experience of reading 1974 left me reeling so much I just could not read more of them.<br />I did watch the TV series but thought it pretty watered down cf the book I read - and in the further books, the "plot" was very obvious, not sure if the identity of the baddie was so obvious in the book(s) but it sure was in the film.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-37731028720793095482011-06-28T13:49:57.881+01:002011-06-28T13:49:57.881+01:00I never made it all the way through the books or t...I never made it all the way through the books or the tv series, partly me being squeamish but also got a bit sick of relentless, single toneBernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-77215245812392984702011-06-28T13:28:53.444+01:002011-06-28T13:28:53.444+01:00Rob, I read the entire quartet, 1974, 1977, 1980, ...Rob, I read the entire quartet, 1974, 1977, 1980, and 1983. They are all as intense. I don't think I have felt as thoroughly mentally assaulted as when reading this series. Brilliant stuff but hard on the reader. I have the television series in my queue but haven't had the energy to attempt it yet.Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05555318160638307655noreply@blogger.com