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Originally Posted by Benzadmiral
I went to "Cold Mountain" specifically because La Goddess Nicole Kidman was in it, and got a bonus with Renee Zellweger's eccentric character Ruby. I enjoyed it. However, the opening pages of the novel are hard sledding, and if an author can't manage to engage me in the first few pages, I'll often switch books.
On the other hand, I tried three times over 20 years to finish Dashiell Hammett's "Maltese Falcon"; lost interest in it each time at the same scene. Only on the fourth try did I realize what his technique was, and was able to not only finish it but enjoy it. So maybe "Cold Mountain" will be one of those for me.
Ruby (as played by Renee Zellweger): If I cry one tear for my daddy I stole it off a crocodile.
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Good book falling short of great by the dismal ending. He survived all those unlikely fights up til then, why kill him off at his opportunity for happiness?
Perhaps because he was AWOL?
Tom W
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