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Fiction

raccoon

(31,975 posts) Sun Feb 2, 2014, 01:55 PM Feb 2014

Ever encounter a Golden Child in fiction that you can't stand? I have. [View all]

Sheila Bleeping Wexford. (in Ruth Rendell's Inspector Wexford books).

She has always been Wexford's favorite, and of course she's beautiful and is a successful actress. So successful that now she owns a mansion and Wexford and his wife have a cottage or trailer or something on the premises. Saw that in Rendell's latest at the library, and I put it back on the shelf.

I'm surprised the Queen hasn't made Sheila a Dame or something. Maybe she has and I didn't read that book.

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Ever encounter a Golden Child in fiction that you can't stand? I have. [View all] raccoon Feb 2014 OP

Interesting question libodem Feb 2014 #1

That book really is an excellent book. Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #2

I almost can't take it libodem Feb 2014 #3

Pillars is in my top five books ever. Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #4

I'm not sure about the last book libodem Feb 2014 #5

September of 2014 Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #6

I'm usually a quick reader libodem Feb 2014 #7

I also take more time with a book that has substance. Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #8

I have the Poisonwood Bible libodem Feb 2014 #9

The Source is a wonderful book. yellowdogintexas Aug 2014 #10