S/O favorite slow books

[charlatti]

This is something of an opposite to last week's slow book question. In honor of the slow but excellent book I am reading right now*, what are some books you really enjoyed that you or others would consider slow or slow-starters? 

* Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. I'm not far enough to call it a favorite, but I really like it so far.

[charlatti]

Ann Patchett's books are often described as slow, though I don't really think of them that way. The Solace of Leaving Early and The Used World by Haven Kimmel, two of my all-time favorites, both are rather slow at the beginning.

[labbie]

Stephen King's It, which is one of my favorite books. I don't mind a book being slow if it's for a good reason (i.e. character development, sense of place/time,etc.). For me, if it's well written, this helps me really get lost in a book. I love when that happens.

[msmerymac]

I also enjoyed the Little Stranger. Books with a very present "mood" like that can be slow, but as long as they are consistent and interesting in other ways, I'm hooked.

[itsme]

A Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Thrones). Those are SLOW SLOW reads for me but they are so good.

[craftyesq]

Sometimes a Great Notion -- Ken Kesey
Almost all Russian Lit

[aurora]

Well, my favorite book period is Lord of the Rings. I don't actually think it's slow, but I know a lot of people think of it that way.

I like all sorts of books that are often considered slow, including ones by Barbara Kingsolver, Ann Patchett, James Michener. Like @astrid mentioned, I loved Les Mes but at 1400 pages it takes a very long time to get through.

[BlackCanary]

Mar 26, 2014 11:00:59 GMT -5 itsme said:

A Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Thrones). Those are SLOW SLOW reads for me but they are so good.

Yes! We just finished the third season, so I decided to re-read the series. I'm on book two. 

SO excited for the fourth season!