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.
Yup, good book.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Not sure I've heard of this...
Some parts were really good, but I had trouble feeling any sort of attachment to half of the characters - Oscar Wao included (and possibly the worst, for me).
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.
I actually love that book. I remember being very impressed by the metaphors and visual descriptions. And the end definitely got me.
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.
The description in another part of the article mentions the anger Harry shows, and then the death at the end. I'm guessing it was chosen as the first "this is serious" book of the series.
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.
I suppose I should read those.
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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