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3.32 AVERAGE
3.32 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book kind of depressed me. No one seemed happy in their life. No one was all that likable. But hey, maybe that was the point. Life kinda sucks sometimes.
Tom Perrotta's "Mrs. Fletcher" tackles a mix of sexuality, self-discovery, and social satire. Set in the seemingly mundane town of Haddington, the novel explores the uncomfortable feelings that arise when change happens.
The main character is Eve Fletcher, a divorced mother grappling with the existential void left by her son's departure from college. Her journey starts as a sexual exploration and personal liberation that'll leave you both blushing and cheering for her happiness.
Eve's story runs parallel to that of her son Brendon's story. Both characters try to find themselves in this new situation, while glimpses of their past show that this change is necessary and the only way they can truly understand themselves.
The quirky cast of characters Eve encounters in her adult education class, each one adds layers to the narrative, revealing the messy complexities of human relationships and desires.
"Mrs. Fletcher" is a juicy read that serves up equal parts humor and heart with a side of social commentary. Perrotta's keen observations and wit remind us that life is messy, complicated, and beautiful.
The main character is Eve Fletcher, a divorced mother grappling with the existential void left by her son's departure from college. Her journey starts as a sexual exploration and personal liberation that'll leave you both blushing and cheering for her happiness.
Eve's story runs parallel to that of her son Brendon's story. Both characters try to find themselves in this new situation, while glimpses of their past show that this change is necessary and the only way they can truly understand themselves.
The quirky cast of characters Eve encounters in her adult education class, each one adds layers to the narrative, revealing the messy complexities of human relationships and desires.
"Mrs. Fletcher" is a juicy read that serves up equal parts humor and heart with a side of social commentary. Perrotta's keen observations and wit remind us that life is messy, complicated, and beautiful.
I like Perrotta. Like horse breeders, all good authors do have a lame horse not able to compete with the other horses in the stable. This book has a limp and is sprouting donkey ears.
Read his other works instead. It's not terrible, it's just... lame and plods along.
Read his other works instead. It's not terrible, it's just... lame and plods along.
Lots of post-divorce suburban angst in this story about a late-40-ish divorced woman, her obnoxious son (he's, like, a total bro, dude), her transgender college professor, her bi coworker, a 19-year old with a Mrs Robinson fetish, and a couple other characters thrown in to boot. Some of the characters are there for a while, disappear for a while, and come back.
The book alternated between being characters making cringe-worthy decisions and showing the complicated world of modern relationships.
It's not a great book. The themes have been touched on in other stories, but this is a very listen-able book.
The book alternated between being characters making cringe-worthy decisions and showing the complicated world of modern relationships.
It's not a great book. The themes have been touched on in other stories, but this is a very listen-able book.
An easy read. I just found the main characters really unlikeable. Actually, I didn't really like any of the minor characters either. Also, it felt like it was trying too hard to be edgy and make all these enlightened social commentaries, but it wasn't really all the groundbreaking. The description of this book as a "witty look at contemporary sexual politics and timeless moral dilemmas--a moving and funny examination of sexuality [and] identity" was interesting to me, but I didn't really find the book very funny or witty, and it was fairly surface-level in terms of looking at contemporary sexual politics. Overall, meh.
I love flawed characters and I thought it was a good contemporary take on gender, power in relationships and transitional times in life stages. But this is my first book I’ve read by Perrotta so I can’t compare it to his others.
Three and a half stars. This was very entertaining and the characters were well-formed and well-told. I just wish that there was a degree more resolution to the side characters, and less focus on the central two characters. In many cases the side-narratives were the most interesting and I'd like to have seen then worked through in much greater detail.
i picked this for our book club but, while i really liked it, every other page was about some embarrassing sex or masturbation, discussing with the neighbors seems a touch awkward. that being said, great book!
Setting: New England (of course! Why bother to set a book anywhere else?!). This was 2 for me but rounded up because it did make me think about things, and I enjoyed some of the characters. HOWEVER, it was a bit too “ew” for me.