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Tedious describes Hardy in general, for me. I will gladly avoid Jude the Obscure as I cared little even for his "better" works.

Same here. It's a great coping mechanism, few downsides.

I'm binge-reading Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon books.

11/22/63 I feel the same about King and horror. This was one of my favorite recent reads.