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chazzerguy 's review for:
American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
2.25 stars maybe.
Roth certainly is a lovely wordsmith. He has an artful way with the language.
But my god this story is bloated, ponderous, and just generally unenjoyable. Roth's motto must be "why say something with one word when you can use 150, and then repeat it three or four more times..." I found myself skimming paragraphs and skipping entire pages, yet not missing a thing!
On top of it all is a story that's just not terribly compelling or interesting. Pure drudgery. Maybe at the time it was published this was more salacious, but now it just seems run of the mill. The places and characters depicted are not terribly noteworthy or interesting. This was just a big pile of meh.
This was my first foray into the much vaunted Roth. It will also be my last.
Roth certainly is a lovely wordsmith. He has an artful way with the language.
But my god this story is bloated, ponderous, and just generally unenjoyable. Roth's motto must be "why say something with one word when you can use 150, and then repeat it three or four more times..." I found myself skimming paragraphs and skipping entire pages, yet not missing a thing!
On top of it all is a story that's just not terribly compelling or interesting. Pure drudgery. Maybe at the time it was published this was more salacious, but now it just seems run of the mill. The places and characters depicted are not terribly noteworthy or interesting. This was just a big pile of meh.
This was my first foray into the much vaunted Roth. It will also be my last.