Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley (ISBN:1400040612)

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		Ten Days in the Hills
	
				(32 reviews)			
(233 Readers)

			Jane Smiley		
	
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							A reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Ugh!  I kept waiting for something to happen and it just dragged on and on.  With each character delving into apparently unrelated stories about another time in their life.  Nothing ever came together.  It got weird and I couldn't even bother to finish the last couple chapters.  If anyone completed it and can tell me that there was some reason for the whole story, I;d like to know, but I...more
 Ugh!  I kept waiting for something to happen and it just dragged on and on.  With each character delving into apparently unrelated stories about another time in their life.  Nothing ever came together.  It got weird and I couldn't even bother to finish the last couple chapters.  If anyone completed it and can tell me that there was some reason for the whole story, I;d like to know, but I still don;t think it would make me pick up the book again.     hide

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							A reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Well, well, well, 3 holes in the ground.  More exciting than this book!
just not for me, and I thought it would be
self indulgent writing, i guess, quite boring

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							A reader
						
							few weeks ago						
A very political book with allusions to classic movies and movie stars.

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							A reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Interesting book; it could be slow at parts and somewhat hard to follow, but it pays off in the end. The last several chapters left a very strong imprint on me. Worth reading if you like Hollywood and/or The Decameron and are a very patient reader of contemporary literature.

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							A reader
						
							few weeks ago						
She may have reeled you in with the lure of sexually-explicit writing, but make no mistake - this is a considered, deeply-political novel about the current state of world affairs.

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							A reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Yawn, yawn, what a bore.  Slow, dull, uninspiring.  I got halfway through and there was so little action that I gave up.  Even the frequent sex scenes are really tedious - just get on with it! 

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							Penny
						
							few weeks ago						
Got 1/3 of the way through this book, skimmed the middle and then read the last chapter.  I just couldn't care about any of the characters - their concerns seemed utterly inane and their conversations irritating.  It was disappointing because I have enjoyed Smiley's other books.

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							A reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Like Tricia, I got about 1/3 of a way through it and put it down. Lots of good desciption and
dialogue, but it just didn't hold my interest. Some of Smiley's other books are much the same, while 
others are great, like Moo and A Thousand Acres.

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							A reader
						
							few weeks ago						
A bit self-indulgent and long-winded.  This book has the longest description of a penis that I have ever read -- more detail than I needed, that's for sure!  And that's only page 16 -- 433 pages to go.  Sigh ...

That being said, if you can get into the leisurely pace and relax into the meandering conversations, Smiley's writing is enjoyable.

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							A reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I clicked on "reading" it, but honestly I got through about 1/3rd of it and had to return it to the library one month late!  I loved "A Thousand Acres," but like the other Jane Smiley books I've read, this one is short on plot and long on writerly description.  I like the way she describes things, but I need more plot!  She borrowed "King Lear" for "A Thousand Acres," so I was free to enjoy her...more
 I clicked on "reading" it, but honestly I got through about 1/3rd of it and had to return it to the library one month late!  I loved "A Thousand Acres," but like the other Jane Smiley books I've read, this one is short on plot and long on writerly description.  I like the way she describes things, but I need more plot!  She borrowed "King Lear" for "A Thousand Acres," so I was free to enjoy her sentences, which are some of the best in the business.  I think I'm done with Jane Smiley.   hide

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