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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
I liked this enough, but not as much as Digging to America, the only other Anne Tyler book I've read. I wasn't as taken with the main character, and it wasn't clear enough to me just how her trajectory throughout the book changed her or her attitude toward her life. But I did love, as always, Tyler's eye for detail, her descriptions of people and her evocations of places. Her world is fully inhabitable.
I’m just not in the mood for this at the moment, may return to it in the future
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed reading this, but I wish it had had a more conclusive ending. I would have liked to see Delia divorce her husband Sam, and go back to living with Joel, except as a lover this time. It was slow paced at times, and I also would have liked a conclusion with Adrian.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
An American Aga-saga: a woman, for reasons she doesn't quite understand, walks away from her family (husband, three children, sisters and nieces) and starts a new life in a random town. Delia's life in Bay Borough seems to agree with her more than her life in Baltimore - she's got friends, is independent and manages to survive on her own for well over a year. Then her daughter decides to get marries and she returns home; while it's left a little unclear, it seems that she'll stay home. Why? Because her husband asks her to. Which, apparently, was all she needed.
I've felt like Delia at times: unappreciated, gray and just in need of a complete change. Unlike her, I've never had the courage to actually escape.
I've felt like Delia at times: unappreciated, gray and just in need of a complete change. Unlike her, I've never had the courage to actually escape.
Was okay. I didn't warm to the main character at all which was a bit of a problem!
3.5 stars
I felt it was rather difficult to connect to main character Delia. She married young, essentially to the new doctor her doctor father brought in to replace him. 20+ years later he three kids are almost grown, she’s not needed, her husband is rather cold (which apparently she just realized?). After an odd interaction at a grocery store brings a stranger into her life, she goes on a quest - abandons her life and starts over in a quirky small town.
Delia works as a secretary for a while, and then she takes a nannying job.
Will Delia stay out on her own or go back to her life?
I felt it was rather difficult to connect to main character Delia. She married young, essentially to the new doctor her doctor father brought in to replace him. 20+ years later he three kids are almost grown, she’s not needed, her husband is rather cold (which apparently she just realized?). After an odd interaction at a grocery store brings a stranger into her life, she goes on a quest - abandons her life and starts over in a quirky small town.
Delia works as a secretary for a while, and then she takes a nannying job.
Will Delia stay out on her own or go back to her life?