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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
Jonathan Franzen is my homeboy. His books rock my world. And as painful as so much of this book is to read, it's a fantastic book.
V well written and engaging book from start to finish. Points of discomfort (particularly in the representation of female characters), but suppose that is the point. Also interesting to read through a late capitalist lens. Also ITS LONG
I wasn't sure I was going to stick with it, since the beginning was a little slow, but I was glad I stuck with it. None of the characters are likeable and you experience a bit of schadenfreude while reading.
You are such a good writer. I feel that these narratives, all over the place, seem to encompass everything, for everyone. I imagine Franzen is writing all his experiences from every person he has met into a novel. It is easy to transpose your own family into the Lambert household, and the result is heartbreakingly accurate.
رمان درباره انید و آلفرد و سه تا بچه‌شون چیپ و دنیس و گری‌ـه. داستان خیلی شبیه فیلم‌های اجتماعی ایرانی پیش میره. همه مشکل دارن، معمولا در حال جر و بحث و داد زدن هستن و روابط اکثرن سمی و دیسفانکشنال. امااااا... نمیدونم نویسنده لعنتی چطور نوشته که خوندنش اینقدر جذاب شده بود برای من. پرش‌های زمانی داستان رو دوست داشتم. دیالوگ‌ها جذاب بودن و حتی نثر طولانی و پرجزئیاتش هم دوست داشتم.
موضوعات داستان خیلی جدی و مهمن. بیماری پارکینسون پدر خانواده، رابطه بد مادر با فرزندها، مشکل خانوادگی گری و اشتباهات دنیس و چیپ توی کار و زندگیشون، همگی خیلی ملموس و قابل درکن. اما باز نویسنده به بهترین شکل طوری لحظات رو به تصویر میکشه که طنز خیلی ظریف و تلخی رو تحویل خواننده میده. نثر و انتخاب کلمات هم واقعا تحسین‌برانگیز بودن.
موضوعات داستان خیلی جدی و مهمن. بیماری پارکینسون پدر خانواده، رابطه بد مادر با فرزندها، مشکل خانوادگی گری و اشتباهات دنیس و چیپ توی کار و زندگیشون، همگی خیلی ملموس و قابل درکن. اما باز نویسنده به بهترین شکل طوری لحظات رو به تصویر میکشه که طنز خیلی ظریف و تلخی رو تحویل خواننده میده. نثر و انتخاب کلمات هم واقعا تحسین‌برانگیز بودن.
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is essentially a novel about mid-life crises in relation to one particular family. IT jumps around between the perspectives of each of the parents (dealing with old age, sickness and dissatisfying lives), the daughter (divorce, bisexuality and a dissatisfying life) and the 2 sons (depression, financial issues, career problems adn dissatisfying lives). Starting to notice a theme?
It wasn't great.
It wasn't great.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
you'd think spending so much time with some of the most despicable and pathetic people ever imagined would get grating after a while, or at least feel like an empty exercise, but instead (along with being funny) i felt like i could understand the darker and grosser parts of humanity, of myself, of the people one loves. an ugly abyss still stares back.
