| The Rules of Engagement |  | Author: Anita Brookner
Creator: Joanna David
Publisher: Chivers Audio Books
Category: Book
Buy New: £36.95
Rating:  9 reviews
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Items: 8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0754084736
EAN: 9780754084730
ASIN: 0754084736
Publication Date: February 2004
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 Painful October 20, 2008
Mrs J (England)
This is a painfully boring book to read. The author appears to have gone a bit crazy with the thesaurus which gives the narrator's voice far more intelligence then her narrow existence would suggest. I have been pushing myself to keep reading it since I bought it at a charity shop for the not very reduced price of 3.99 however with 50 pages to go I am just going to have to give up. Like the other reviewer mentioned, I normally donate my books to the charity shop however I don't want anyone else to feel as cheated as I have putting a coin toward this book.
Elizabeth, get a job! May 19, 2008
Huish (NJ USA)
As one of the other reviewers commented, I rarely write online reviews. But after reading this book, I'm looking for someone to give me my weekend back. The plot is minimal, the characters extremely boring and self-centered.
torpor inducing dishwater dullness December 20, 2007
Misty (London)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not often moved to write a review, but this book was so dull i felt moved to warn other potential readers. The characters are vacuous and at no point do i feel sympathy with any of them. The miniscule plot is hidden under reams of overdone pretentious philosophical ramblings on the part of the main character, who is so uninspiring i can't bring myself to use the term heroine. Like several other reviewers i consider myself fairly easy to please, and very rarely can't finish a book, but i have to admit defeat on this one.
If i could give it 0 stars i would.
Awful. And I never have said that about any book I have ever read! August 1, 2006
M. Cordon (Nottingham UK)
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book was really, really boring. Nothing happens, the characters don't really develop, the language is very pretentious (the author must have used a dictionary to deliberately find all these long words, to try and look clever!!!), I could go on and on.
I scanned through it from about two thirds through, as I have never left a book unfinshed in my life but just couldn't stand it anymore!
I normally give my books the the charity shop, but wouldn't wish this on anyone, so it's in the bin.
 Pengiun: how the mihgty are fallen! February 7, 2005
Margaret Shiels (Kent)
1 out of 14 found this review helpful
The cover puff from the Spectator immediately attracted me to this book - though perhaps not for the right reasons. It reads: "Splendid, melancholy . . . an unflinching examination of the manouevres [sic] of the heart."
Does the Spectator know? Does Ms Brookner? Such sloppiness diminishes a wonderful novel. This is Anita Brookner still at the height of her powers. No one can touch her where explorations of the heart are concerned.
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