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timbo001's review against another edition
4.0
The four star review is generous. I don't know why Hall didn't attempt a new critical bio of Frost instead of a creative nonfiction account of highlights of his life.
farkle's review against another edition
4.0
Is this how life replays itself as we get older? Memories pulled as if from a shuffled stack of cards, the chronology skewed, glimpses of past and present jumbled together...
canadianbookworm's review
At 100 pages in, I gave up on this one. Hall has done extensive research using facts of Robert Frost's life whenever possible. The fictional part is what is going on in some private situations and in Frost's own head.
The book jumps around a lot through different time periods, back and forth, and I just found that more confusing than helpful to the plot.
All in all, this should be very character-driven, but the characterization didn't come alive for me.
I have so many books that I wanted to read that I decided I'd given enough time to this one and have moved on.
The book jumps around a lot through different time periods, back and forth, and I just found that more confusing than helpful to the plot.
All in all, this should be very character-driven, but the characterization didn't come alive for me.
I have so many books that I wanted to read that I decided I'd given enough time to this one and have moved on.
scherzo's review
4.0
Good in showing both man and poet; some troubling parts as Frost's brutal upbringing by a drunken father poisons his relationships throughout his life. The rapid shifts in time and place worked in the beginning but overloaded the end.
The Frost Family
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Elinor White (1872-1938)
Elliott (1896-1900)
Lesley (1899-1983)
Carol (1902-1940)
Irma (1903-1981)
Marjorie (1905-1934)
Elinor Bettina (1907-1907)
The Frost Family
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Elinor White (1872-1938)
Elliott (1896-1900)
Lesley (1899-1983)
Carol (1902-1940)
Irma (1903-1981)
Marjorie (1905-1934)
Elinor Bettina (1907-1907)
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