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A review by lydiapaterson
Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
3.0
The Song of the Lark is my lone reread for the 2012 Willa Cather Novel Reading Challenge challenge. I decided to "reread" it by listening to an audio book version, narrated by Barbara Caruso.
This book used to be high atop my coming-of-age novel hit list. Sadly, it didn't impress me as much this time. (It can be hard to recapture the thrill of childhood favorites. I recently revisited The Secret Garden and was also somewhat disappointed.) However, I still loved Cather's descriptions of railways, the desert, and early Chicago.
I also felt that the male "love interests" in the book were rather leech-like. Especially Dr. Archie and Fred with their failed marriages and loads of free time to moon about Thea. Meanwhile, Thea changes so radically when she goes from rags to riches. She does seem to embody the worst prima donna stereotypes. Maybe her imperious behavior is meant to illustrate the high price of success?
This book used to be high atop my coming-of-age novel hit list. Sadly, it didn't impress me as much this time. (It can be hard to recapture the thrill of childhood favorites. I recently revisited The Secret Garden and was also somewhat disappointed.) However, I still loved Cather's descriptions of railways, the desert, and early Chicago.