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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
dark
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The movie adaptation is actually pretty good, but there are additional pleasures in Irving's prose. Irving is a favorite author, and I've enjoyed everything I've ever read by him.
“A book feels true when it feels true.” I imagine we all felt like Jillsy Sloper did reading this story: Horrified, disturbed, even depressed—but nonetheless reading it for the truth of it all. Many times, just when I thought I’d honed in on its true message, another infuriatingly profound layer reveals itself. This is a timeless novel about sexual hatred just as much as it is about fear and anxiety, just as much as it is about writing and creativity…and the lethal consequences of each. By the time I finished, The World According to Garp had taken its place as one of the most important books I’ll likely ever read. I’ll keep a copy of this book in my own “infirmary library” in case, like Jillsy Sloper, I need to LEND it to someone (“there might be someone I know who needs to be reminded what men in this world is like.”).
Don't like how feminist is equated to man-hating in this book, but I guess it's "historical". Otherwise a good story :)
Garp, un piccolo uomo dal nome ridicolo, con una famiglia normalissima e stravagante.
Garp che ha solo tre passioni nella vita: la scrittura, la famiglia e la lotta libera, da cui ricaverà grandi soddisfazioni e grandi delusioni in egual misura, ma tutte affronterà con caparbia energia.
Garp che morirà giovanissimo, essendo sempre sé stesso e non piegandosi né prestandosi a compromessi e facili interpretazioni.
Un libro sulla scrittura, sulla famiglia, sui rapporti tra uomo e donna, sul femminismo, sull'essere genitori e sull'essere amanti, ma soprattutto sull'essere esseri umani completi.
Garp che ha solo tre passioni nella vita: la scrittura, la famiglia e la lotta libera, da cui ricaverà grandi soddisfazioni e grandi delusioni in egual misura, ma tutte affronterà con caparbia energia.
Garp che morirà giovanissimo, essendo sempre sé stesso e non piegandosi né prestandosi a compromessi e facili interpretazioni.
Un libro sulla scrittura, sulla famiglia, sui rapporti tra uomo e donna, sul femminismo, sull'essere genitori e sull'essere amanti, ma soprattutto sull'essere esseri umani completi.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The world without garp is much more intriguing than when he's a player in it (literally, I only liked the Garp parts)