Hyperion by Dan Simmons
http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-Dan-Simmons/dp/0553283685
Very character driven. The setting is in a distant future, and although it is sci-fi, it's written in short stories with a single narrator connecting them. It's really an adventure/mystery.
The writing is intense, and far from being popcorn.
Also, I'd say it's somewhat of a treatise on the poet John Keats.
It and its sequel Fall of Hyperion are easily some of the best books I've read in the past 10 years.
i'll have to check that out.
Hmmm, sounds interesting. I'd really like a nice girly love story, though.
Have you read The Time Traveler's Wife?
Nope. What's it about?
oh! this is definitely your next read.
"It is an unconventional love story that centers on a man with a strange genetic disorder that causes him to unpredictably time-travel and his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences."
is this a joke?
no, it's a crazy idea, but the book is really good. it's pretty powerful.
Hahaha - Ok, not bad. It's not what I'd reach for on a shelf, but I'll see if our library has it. Thanks!
sooooo good! there are a few scenes but they are married so i think its ok. I could not put this book down, although i'm somewhat suprised that ian read it and liked it.
hey!
i just mean it seemed more of like a "girl" book to me. Like the Notebook. An elder in my old hall read it, and it was very suprising to me. I guess im a little sexist. Sorry :(
but it's got time travel in it!
true true i forgot
I loved this book!
chick lit? *gag*