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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
it got much better, with a very beautiful ending, but it seemed so long in getting there
adventurous
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
With recent events I didn't realize how much I NEEDED this story. Hands down best book I read all year
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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:
Complicated
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Ok I read about half of this book then put it down for several months. I can now admit I don't care to go back and finish it, so I won't. All of the characters and plots were interesting but it didn't gel together quick enough to make the whole itself interesting enough and I don't have a feeling of missing out on something to motivate me to go back to it.
When I first started reading this book I thought "hmm, another one of those stories that is in that weird subgenre of books where man learns from life and becomes a better person (not to give too much a way here). I went with that until I realized that what I just described was not a subgenre at all but rather a major category of "literary fiction" these days. Silly me. But then I never did enjoy my english classes back in the day.
But moving on, Youngish Mr. Samuel Andresen-Anderson (why do they always have to have dumb names, is there a rule on this somewhere?) is sort of drifting along through life in 2011 as an English professor at a non-descript college when his long lost mother rather explosively re-enters his life. There are lots of pages of description this that and the other thing and dialogue, supporting characters that don't seem to add much to the plot but are interesting nonetheless. And a long winding plot that eventually gets all wrapped up by the last page. Which is nice. I have been reading a lot of fiction lately where the strings are not neatly tied together at the end.
Though this review may not appear to indicate this, but I enjoyed the book quite a bit and the pseudo-historical detail of Chicago in 1968 was pretty interesting.
As an aside, I think Mr. Hill should do a sort of sequel wherein he focuses on the rather deploarable Laura Pottsdam in the age of Donald Trump. I could see it being a big hit.
But moving on, Youngish Mr. Samuel Andresen-Anderson (why do they always have to have dumb names, is there a rule on this somewhere?) is sort of drifting along through life in 2011 as an English professor at a non-descript college when his long lost mother rather explosively re-enters his life. There are lots of pages of description this that and the other thing and dialogue, supporting characters that don't seem to add much to the plot but are interesting nonetheless. And a long winding plot that eventually gets all wrapped up by the last page. Which is nice. I have been reading a lot of fiction lately where the strings are not neatly tied together at the end.
Though this review may not appear to indicate this, but I enjoyed the book quite a bit and the pseudo-historical detail of Chicago in 1968 was pretty interesting.
As an aside, I think Mr. Hill should do a sort of sequel wherein he focuses on the rather deploarable Laura Pottsdam in the age of Donald Trump. I could see it being a big hit.