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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It really does seem that Anne Tyler has written the sand book over and over, but sometimes she nails it. This is one of those times.
"Redhead by the Side of the Road" came to such an abrupt end that I thought there must be a mistake and I was only sent an excerpt to review. The novel is building up in the classic Anne Tyler fashion of carefully inspooling each character and showing us their foibles and loveability, but then . . .the end, just as I was getting into it and seeing all the directions the story could go.
What there is in "Redhead" is a good start, there just needed to be more. Please.
3.5 stars.
~~Candace Siegle, Greedy Reader
What there is in "Redhead" is a good start, there just needed to be more. Please.
3.5 stars.
~~Candace Siegle, Greedy Reader
It ended so abruptly I was disappointed. I literally swiped my Kindle screen looking for pages I missed.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Redhead by the Side of the Road - I love the title of the book! The redhead by the side of the road is of course a reference to a fire hydrant on Micah’s daily run. Even though Micah knows that the fire hydrant is there, he's still seemingly surprised when he comes across it and it is not an image of a person with red hair on the corner of the street. I think this is a great title because it represents the main theme of the book: that Micah does not see the obvious things in front of him. So by the end he appreciates the life that he has with Laura (?) and does not want it to end; he does not want to revert back to a single life.
At the beginning, we laugh at Micah but as the book progresses, for example when we meet his family, we begin to laugh with him. After the encounter with Brink, he begins to question his single(ish), lonely life and laments (or so we are lead to believe) the life, without kids, he has missed out on.
This was an enjoyable read, but I would have preferred more depth and I sometimes found the modern references by the author to be slightly unconvincing. And, whilst we're meant to feel sorry for him, at least at the beginning, I was quite jealous of his 'single' lifestyle. I thought it was quite preachy, too, in suggesting that the nuclear family was the thing missing in his life.
It was a welcome diversion, but, for me, not much more. It was featured on R4's A Good Read before Christmas but it's no longer on BBC Sounds, so I can't share it, sadly. One observation was maybe the deliberate use of the name Micah, after the quartz mica (though I understand it's also the name of a prophet); another was, for some, the abrupt ending.
3.5/5
At the beginning, we laugh at Micah but as the book progresses, for example when we meet his family, we begin to laugh with him. After the encounter with Brink, he begins to question his single(ish), lonely life and laments (or so we are lead to believe) the life, without kids, he has missed out on.
This was an enjoyable read, but I would have preferred more depth and I sometimes found the modern references by the author to be slightly unconvincing. And, whilst we're meant to feel sorry for him, at least at the beginning, I was quite jealous of his 'single' lifestyle. I thought it was quite preachy, too, in suggesting that the nuclear family was the thing missing in his life.
It was a welcome diversion, but, for me, not much more. It was featured on R4's A Good Read before Christmas but it's no longer on BBC Sounds, so I can't share it, sadly. One observation was maybe the deliberate use of the name Micah, after the quartz mica (though I understand it's also the name of a prophet); another was, for some, the abrupt ending.
3.5/5
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not much of anything happens in this book