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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Really more of a 3 1/2 star book. Just too many characters and too much navel gazing.
One of my favorite books by Tim O'Brien. This centers around a former high school class at their reunion and all the ways they've both changed and stayed the same, from the former radical who became an upper middle class housewife to the Vietnam veteran who hears a radio broadcast in his head. Haunting and tragic, this also has all the classic O'Brien elements of humor in chaos and is ultimately very human. Not one of his best, but it resonated with me.
I raced through this one, really enjoyed the characters and the pacing. Highly recommend.
Something about this author's style speaks to me. The story line didn't!
Perfectly encapsulated snippets of the monumental and the minutiae which, when woven together, form a portrait of a generation. This is a testament to the universal tendencies of humanity - love, resentment, failure, luck, tragedy, friendship, regret - and the stories that shape us all.
This is one of those books that I hold in higher esteem after having finished it than I did while reading it. The more you read, the more it comes together.
This is one of those books that I hold in higher esteem after having finished it than I did while reading it. The more you read, the more it comes together.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
This was a fun, easy read. It was reminiscent of one of O'brien's other books: The Things They Carried, with pieces of the Vietnam War wrapped into it.
This is the tale of a thirty (one) year college reunion, and focuses on a group of friends. The friends are all now in their fifties, and many are divorced, parents, cancer or other kinds of survivors. The characters in the story are not 100% good. Meaning, I don't necessarily want to be any of their friends, but they seem real. They are struggling to survive what it is to get older, have dreams change.
Very interesting read I would heartily recommend.
Something that didn't hit me til page 295: do colleges have reunions? High school sure....but college?
This is the tale of a thirty (one) year college reunion, and focuses on a group of friends. The friends are all now in their fifties, and many are divorced, parents, cancer or other kinds of survivors. The characters in the story are not 100% good. Meaning, I don't necessarily want to be any of their friends, but they seem real. They are struggling to survive what it is to get older, have dreams change.
Very interesting read I would heartily recommend.
Something that didn't hit me til page 295: do colleges have reunions? High school sure....but college?
Some parts of this book I enjoyed quite a lot (like the detail that they missed the actual 30th anniversary of their college reunion and were technically gathered on the 31st), but all the POV became tiring and jarring.
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes