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charlie_pearson's review against another edition
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
claude_frollo_sucks's review against another edition
3.0
a woman would never have written the women in this book the way they r written
lola425's review against another edition
4.0
I read Bright, Precious Days first so I had to go back and read the others. These types of books are like catnip to me. Realistic, literary relationship drama.
readers_block's review against another edition
3.0
This is a book about a couple, viewed by everyone as America's sweethearts, who are actually falling apart at the seams.
Jay McInerney is undoubtedly a phenomenal writer. He says the things we're all thinking but don't even know we're thinking, but this book lacked enough stimulation for me to really be blown away.
It can get a little pretentious, though not in a nauseating way, as you get the feeling the author hid himself unsubtly in his characters. I couldn't get past the lack of question marks in the characters' speaking- why?!
Jay McInerney is undoubtedly a phenomenal writer. He says the things we're all thinking but don't even know we're thinking, but this book lacked enough stimulation for me to really be blown away.
It can get a little pretentious, though not in a nauseating way, as you get the feeling the author hid himself unsubtly in his characters. I couldn't get past the lack of question marks in the characters' speaking- why?!
samtana's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
catsrgray's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Infidelity, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Miscarriage and Sexual content
Minor: Racism and Racial slurs
lolhiphop's review against another edition
4.0
New York during the late eighties : the city is blooming with traders, investors and financial animals of all sorts. Russell and Corinne are a successful couple, yet they crave for power. Especially Russell, who is a typical ruthlessly ambitious junior working at Corbin, Dern, a prestigious editor. Corinne, on her side, has became a broker almost without knowing it. Both of them are convinced of their good hearts, Russell because he works in culture (but is obsessed with money and social position), Corinne because she works once a week for a caricative cause, serving food to homeless people (but she will be unable to help one of them when he'll need it). Tensions arise, both inside and outside their couple.
It's very interesting to read a novel set in th eighties and try to find the seeds of the current economic crisis. I thought the story was a little bit long to unwind, but Jay McInerney is a very subtle storyteller. In the end, there will be forgiveness, but also many victims. Should the people who have ruined other people's life have the right to start over again ? That's one of the many questions arisen at the end of the book. In many ways, Brightness Falls can be connected to Franzen's Freedom, for its accurate description of the american middle class and of the feeling of guilt.
It's very interesting to read a novel set in th eighties and try to find the seeds of the current economic crisis. I thought the story was a little bit long to unwind, but Jay McInerney is a very subtle storyteller. In the end, there will be forgiveness, but also many victims. Should the people who have ruined other people's life have the right to start over again ? That's one of the many questions arisen at the end of the book. In many ways, Brightness Falls can be connected to Franzen's Freedom, for its accurate description of the american middle class and of the feeling of guilt.