I am 3/4 of the way through Ben Hur (again) and I must say, it is not a riveting read. Most of the time, a movie is not as good as the book— well, in this case I still give the movie a four star and the book not so much. I finally gave up reading it (for now) and have just switched to Kipling’s Captains Courageous. I think I’m going to really like it!
That’s how I felt about “Gone with the Wind.” I loved the film but didn’t care for the book and never finished it.