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

[Curmudgeoness]

8. I also take more time with a book that has substance.

I have not read either of the Michener books....because I read one book he wrote and swore off of him. I probably should rethink that, but he is so wordy----and for no good reason. It is like listening to someone who won't shut up, even when they have nothing more to say.

I was thinking about what you said about not being "able to take it", and I realized that every book on my top greatest books list are books that I can hardly take because of all the emotions and sadness. (The Grapes of Wrath, The Jungle, The Poisonwood Bible, to name a few.) Hmmmm. There might be something wrong with me.