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A review by levitybooks
Itsenäisyyspäivä by Richard Ford
4.0
This is part of a series, but I've only read this one because back when I was a major fan of Sara Quinn she said in an interview that Independence Day was her all-time favorite book.
I really enjoyed this book after I adapted to the beginning, which requires patience due to the frustrating mundanity and pacing of the main character's profession. Frank is a likeable guy if you stick around with him long enough—the father-son interaction in this book is incredible, and as far as I can tell at my age, realistic.
The book as a whole is like living in the seconds and minutes of a family-borne midlife crisis— everything and everyone is unresolved—making Frank's begrudging attitude to being a realtor at once understandable and sadly ironic as he does not have a sense of 'home' for himself.
Recommended to anyone feeling uncomfortably directionless with regard to the bigger picture of their life.
I really enjoyed this book after I adapted to the beginning, which requires patience due to the frustrating mundanity and pacing of the main character's profession. Frank is a likeable guy if you stick around with him long enough—the father-son interaction in this book is incredible, and as far as I can tell at my age, realistic.
The book as a whole is like living in the seconds and minutes of a family-borne midlife crisis— everything and everyone is unresolved—making Frank's begrudging attitude to being a realtor at once understandable and sadly ironic as he does not have a sense of 'home' for himself.
Recommended to anyone feeling uncomfortably directionless with regard to the bigger picture of their life.