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A review by leasttorque
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
4.0
Wherein the Swede has a head-on crash with entropy as regards the nation, its politics and wars, its cities, business, family, and friends.
There were times I lost interest only to be yanked back to the point that I could barely wait to pick it up again. Roth managed to peel the onion in such a masterful way, using long digressions to slowly reveal the depths of the Swede’s tragedy. The moment when it becomes so overwhelming that he goes into emotional shock and ceases to care was especially powerful.
One star withheld for the repetitiveness. A certain amount is fine, but it often got out of hand, and, worse, boring.
There were times I lost interest only to be yanked back to the point that I could barely wait to pick it up again. Roth managed to peel the onion in such a masterful way, using long digressions to slowly reveal the depths of the Swede’s tragedy. The moment when it becomes so overwhelming that he goes into emotional shock and ceases to care was especially powerful.
One star withheld for the repetitiveness. A certain amount is fine, but it often got out of hand, and, worse, boring.