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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
There are always layers in Anne Tyler's books. There's a story, and this is a simple one of a man, Micah Mortimer, who lives an orderly and banal life, just to his liking. And there's another layer just under the surface which is a ripple caused by a young man who suddenly appears asking if he might be Micah's son. It causes Micah to look back on his life and past relationships, and what he sees at first is that things happen and then he moves on and puts order back into his life. But Micah is forced to look at the disorder in his life, and we all have that, and reluctantly decide a little of that is good. There is beauty in seeing a redhead by the side of the road and realizing it's just a fire hydrant. We all need to see things with a different eye and allow that experience to became part of who we are.
If, like me, you like quiet books like Olive Kitteridge or Plainsong, you will enjoy this one.
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"I've done everything wrong...I was trying to make no mistakes at all and look at where it got me."
Sweet story with some pangs of Tyler loneliness ringing around her take on Baltimore. I feel the reminders of growing up in a similar geography. Glad to have the occasional place to return to through her stories.
Sweet story with some pangs of Tyler loneliness ringing around her take on Baltimore. I feel the reminders of growing up in a similar geography. Glad to have the occasional place to return to through her stories.
I enjoyed this fast read, listening on Audible. Ending not unexpected, but still a delightful and often dryly humorous story.
It was... just ok. Frustrating at times. Hard to know what the new girl who inherited the house was supposed to be in this story.
Read it for the Mastick Senior Center book club--but it was *last* month's book!
Read it for the Mastick Senior Center book club--but it was *last* month's book!
Totally character driven lovely story. But it is indeed more of a short story than a novel and it ends in a rather abrupt manner. But I loved the characters.