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Mar 20, 2020
Chrissie
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Dull. Dull. Drudgery. Uninteresting. Dull. I would describe the book this way, but that may be a tribute to Lawrence's writing style. And is perhaps the thing I enjoyed most about the book. He uses words in an interesting way, often repeating the same word several times in a sentence of paragraph. At first I hated it, but it soon grew on me and I found it powerful. Still it wasn't enough to save the book for me. I will say this: if the entire book read like the last 40 pages I would have liked i
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In the love affairs of two sisters, Ursula with Rupert, and Gudrun with Gerald, critics could only see a sorry tale of sexual depravity and philosophical obscurity.
So conceited, frustrating, and boring that it made me angry.
Apr 11, 2009
Christian
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