Brighton Rock | 
My May tbr. Decided to really go through my books and read books I‘ve been meaning to read for ages starting with the tagged book. This is just my physical tbr pile, I also have books on loan from the library, a tbr on my kindle and some audiobooks I want to start/finish 😂
so-soDark stories of evil gangsters aren‘t really my thing. However, the writing style pulled me in, and I wanted to know how things would go once Ida showed her stubbornness.
#1001books #audiobook
pickIn some ways a tale of despair, with Brighton Rock as a metaphor for how things don‘t change. No matter where you break it off it still says “Brighton Rock.” Greene‘s grasp of prose makes it a pleasure to read, even though the lives you‘re reading about are bleak. And the there‘s the indefatigable Ida, who brings a note of hope.
Finally getting around to his. I read the first two chapters over lunch, and I‘m intrigued.
Today was Graham Greene‘s Birthday (1904-1991)
I haven‘t read the tagged book , but love the cover!
I have read the Third Man and watched the incredible film with Orson Wells and Joseph Cotten.Greene and director Reed argued about the ending,Greenes‘ preference was a happier more upbeat ending as in his novella,but Reed was backed by David O. Selznick so film and book end differently.
So we‘re off to Brighton this weekend! Do any of you lovely people have any recommendations for bookshops or restaurants or anything awesome that we should defo see/do?? 🤔
pickI agree with Anthony Burgess that Greene was a good novelist, but not a great one. Still, I'm drawn to his work. I had trouble really getting into this one for the first half, but after that it reads just as suspenseful as any of Greene's other thrillers. The protagonist is essentially an anti-hero whose end is immensely satisfying, but the ultimate end of the novel plants a seed of horror for the reader.
Love this pub! The kids play area has penguin classics wallpaper and Doctor Who pictures in frames! 😍
"Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him."
thanks for the snout Juno, I needed the page held for me ❤️
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#litsygoespostalOG
You can buy these on Amazon! 📖📚
panThe book is so bad that I even don't care about a picture👿👿👿 I pushed it to the end because I tried to answer two questions: 1. Why my book club fellow chose it, 2. Why it's considered classic. I did not find the answers. The prose is pathetic, the storyline is boring, the characters are dumb. I truly hate the book, and there is no a thing that I may like. The worst read in 2017🙁☠️👿🙈
#junetunz #scars
Pinkie is a great villain and if id remembered id have put it in the psychopath thread. Trademark razor and bottle of acid in his pocket meant he was truly menacing and Graham greene added virginity and religion to the mix to add to his insecurities. Anyway 2 cinematic images of his scar.
pickThis book grabbed my attention early on, then got sort of slow in the middle, and picked back up for a strong finish. I don't think it would have taken this long to read if I hadn't struggled with staying focused in the middle.
Dark and gritty, and I wasn't especially fond of the way the female characters were portrayed, but a well-written and interesting story. My first Greene - won't be my last. 😃
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The kids are fed, the dishes are washed, and the little guy has had his bath. My evening plans consist of this wine, this book, and my Cardinals baseball. ❤️🍷⚾️❤️
#vampchallenge #redbeverageandabook
Hoping to finish this one tonight. This will be a good practice run for next weekend's readathon. 😃
#WorldBookNightParty
A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold. This book aims to expose a world of loneliness and fear, of life lived on the 'dangerous edge of things'. #bookishtravels #booktomovie
To my mind, the last line of this book is just the most amazing, eviscerating last line ever. They elided it in the last remake they made. And it's so very important that I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN TELL YOU WITH A SPOILER COVER! You just need to read it. Really. You do. That man was a master of words. #favoritelastlines. #goreaditandfindout
When you're using the 4 of ❤s as a bookmark and the story talks about the 👸 of ❤s 🤣
Saturday morning classics hour. #booksandcoffee #morningreading
pickThis thriller shows you how great the genre can be in the hands of a master. Literary with deeper themes but full of gritty, 1950s Brighton detail as well. And the Boy is a truly chilling psychopath.
I put this on my #classicsclub50 because I fell in love with Brighton England "on a holiday" and wanted to read something set there plus Graham Green intrigues me. I have read The Quiet American back when my tbr was tiny and I was reading books before the movie. (Because Brendan Fraser.)
This book so far has me befuddled and may give-up on it... (I didn't realize it has a predecessor book that explains the setup.) should I keep going?
#day6 Getting out of London today to go to Brighton Pride 2016 so my #minimalisticcovers had to be Brighton themed. I read this book years ago while studying at Brighton and if you haven't read it yet I really suggest you do, a brilliant murder thriller set in the 1930s #augustphotochallenge @TheSpinecrackersBookClub
