Reviews

The Diviners by Rick Moody

nationofkim's review against another edition

1.0

not so impressed. i kept waiting for everything to come together, not to ruin it for anyone, it didn't.

hmoffatt's review against another edition

1.0

If only I could give a book zero stars. Occasional brilliant chapters are interspersed with page after page of complete rubbish. It should have been a giveaway that the prologue was completely unreadable. Don't waste your time.

suzmac's review against another edition

2.0

First half of the book was lively fun. After that I didn't really care to keep up. Tried this twice!

Story is partly about a movie producer in Hollywood, but she's obese, mean as snake to her faithful assistant, and has a sick mother she can't stand. Many interesting characters come and go. And its so thoughtfully written!

Too much going on for me to keep track of the theme about what 'Hollywood divines' the rest of us follow.

encgolsen's review

3.0

I had a hard time getting into this book, mainly because parts of it were just gross. I can handle gruesomeness most of the time, but reading about an elderly alcoholic's colitis was a bridge too far. It was also hard to care about the generally unsympathetic characters or get overly drawn into their world. By the end of the book, though, I did care about at least a few people (Tyrone, for example) and I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively optimistic ending (assuming you skip the epilogue.) Rick Moody said in an interview that this was a light book for him, but I suspect I might enjoy one of his serious books more. His writing was masterful and I liked his style for the most part--if I see another book by this author I'll give it a shot.