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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
medium-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
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Actual rating: 4.5
Three points:
1. It's about the fear of mediocrity and sentimentality brought on by living in suburban America in the fifties.
2. They (Frank and April) are both egotistical, unfaithful psychos.
3. I found the conversations between the two, particularly April's responses, a ~bit~ unrealistic at times. At times, it was glaringly obvious that she was created from a man's perspective (funnily enough, sometimes her responses were very similar to what Frank imagined her responses to be).
Three points:
1. It's about the fear of mediocrity and sentimentality brought on by living in suburban America in the fifties.
2. They (Frank and April) are both egotistical, unfaithful psychos.
3. I found the conversations between the two, particularly April's responses, a ~bit~ unrealistic at times. At times, it was glaringly obvious that she was created from a man's perspective (funnily enough, sometimes her responses were very similar to what Frank imagined her responses to be).
“Oh, you’ll what? You’ll leave me? What’s that supposed to be—a threat or a promise?”
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I know this is supposed to a deep, reflective book about ambition, suburbia etc, I found it boring and predictable. Think Death of a Salesman . Some fk the writing was beautiful and the description spot on, but ugh. So depressing.
Excellent! Deeply moving and one of those novels that you'll revisit years to come.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fairly slow, sad, but engaging story of a couple hating their suburban life set in 1950s America