Odd list. Very spec-fic oriented, but even then odd.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 26/02/2012 12:42:41 PM
Never Let Me Go
Great book - can't argue. Not Ishiguro's best, but he's so good that that still doesn't mean it isn't brilliant.
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
I did love it (the ending not so much, like most people), but I'm still somewhat surprised to see it in this list - one of the reasons why I say it's very spec-fic oriented...
The Corrections
Need to read.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Not sure I've heard of this...
The Known World
Or this.
Atonement
Meh. I mean, it's a good book and I liked it. But not top ten of the decade material, or even top hundred imho.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Not sure I'd pick this one over HBP, either, although I can see why he did, I think... if the list was specifically for children's books or YA books, it'd be a shoe-in, as it is it's a bit surprising again.
Lush Life
Never heard of.
Then We Came to the End
Or this.
American Gods
Seriously? It's pretty good, but not even Gaiman's best...
Books I really would've included (that I've actually read): Zadie Smith's White Teeth, Byatt's Children's Book, and no doubt others I'm not thinking of.
Time's Top Ten Novels of the 2000s
- 26/02/2012 12:13:02 PM
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Odd list. Very spec-fic oriented, but even then odd.
- 26/02/2012 12:42:41 PM
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I thought so too.
- 26/02/2012 12:50:44 PM
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Oh Gawd, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell?
- 27/02/2012 04:59:09 PM
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Really?
- 27/02/2012 05:02:59 PM
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It starts out splendidly and keeps it up quite long, just not quite long enough.
- 28/02/2012 06:29:17 PM
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It is quite boring in the beginning. And yet it has this strange appeal....
- 28/02/2012 10:44:38 PM
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