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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Makes you consider what helping looks like and how to help or know how to help.
It's a good book probably best for a cold day inside when you want to feel a warm summer outside. And an egregious amount of text about fishing lines.
It's a good book probably best for a cold day inside when you want to feel a warm summer outside. And an egregious amount of text about fishing lines.
If you wanna know about fly fishing, or what life was like with the U.S. Forest Service in the early 1900s, these stories are for you.
A river runs through it was quite good. A story of a family, not too vocal with their love for one another- but it's there. And facing the trouble of wishing you could help another, but also knowing as much as you try, sometimes you can't. Though, to get to this, you have to get through a lot of fly fishing.
A river runs through it was quite good. A story of a family, not too vocal with their love for one another- but it's there. And facing the trouble of wishing you could help another, but also knowing as much as you try, sometimes you can't. Though, to get to this, you have to get through a lot of fly fishing.
Hi, yes, I’m back on Goodreads because everyone should read a river runs through it. Even if you don’t like fishing, fishing is just the vehicle to talk about family in all of its beauty and flaws. It’s hilarious, sad, and heartwarming all at the same time.
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A beautifully written book about growing up and living in the west, all 3 stories are wonderfully written, lighthearted, and perfectly convey the human experience within the context of nature. This is the kind of book best experienced in a cabin, a tent, or under a tree by the river at the tail-end of summer. If you have ever lived or worked in the woods this book is for you.
I tried so hard to like this book and just couldn't get through it.
reflective
slow-paced
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Personally I did like this book for the fact that it was slow paced. It’s about as exciting a the life of a passionate fisherman in Montana can be. Its slowed pace felt quite relaxing and I tended to read it after stressful moments in my life.
Its prose is beautiful in my opinion and the main protagonist’s love for his brother, wife, faith, and fishing are all key aspects of the character and are heavy motivators for his actions. He does tend to go on these fishing tangents a few times throughout the story and my eyes kind of glazed over those paragraphs, but they are few and far between.
Its prose is beautiful in my opinion and the main protagonist’s love for his brother, wife, faith, and fishing are all key aspects of the character and are heavy motivators for his actions. He does tend to go on these fishing tangents a few times throughout the story and my eyes kind of glazed over those paragraphs, but they are few and far between.
Contra Kathryn Schultz, I don't think every generation needs to rediscover Norman Maclean. He's just fine. There's an expensive movie adaptation of this book, it's sold millions of copies, and it's utterly mediocre.
For nature writing, I'd immediately go to Annie Dillard or Edward Abbey. For short stories...there's a lot of writers from Western states who write funny/violent tales about forests and mountains. I suspect the main thing is simply that Maclean was a good teacher who happened to decide to write a book very late in life, and that's admirable, and it's overshadowing the actual quality of the book. But hey, I absolutely despise fishing and I especially despise fly fishing, so take it all with a grain of salt.
For nature writing, I'd immediately go to Annie Dillard or Edward Abbey. For short stories...there's a lot of writers from Western states who write funny/violent tales about forests and mountains. I suspect the main thing is simply that Maclean was a good teacher who happened to decide to write a book very late in life, and that's admirable, and it's overshadowing the actual quality of the book. But hey, I absolutely despise fishing and I especially despise fly fishing, so take it all with a grain of salt.