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A review by brooklyn0426
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Extremely slow. It took me so long to finish it. Every time I sat down to read it, it was out of desire to finish it to move on to a new book.
I appreciate how real the story is in the sense of not everything works out, it's not always a happy ending. It addresses a lot of tough aspects of the real world. But I felt like it dug into them almost too much. It felt like there could never be any positivity and the characters all just had a dreadful life in their minds. It truly gives an overly negative view of life.
I tried to think of any characters that I liked. And truthfully there was not one. Maybe Jonah. And Dennis, even though he was not a primary characters in a good portion of the book.
Jules is unbearable. Everything is "poor me". It's basically a 538 page pity party.
I appreciate how real the story is in the sense of not everything works out, it's not always a happy ending. It addresses a lot of tough aspects of the real world. But I felt like it dug into them almost too much. It felt like there could never be any positivity and the characters all just had a dreadful life in their minds. It truly gives an overly negative view of life.
I tried to think of any characters that I liked. And truthfully there was not one. Maybe Jonah. And Dennis, even though he was not a primary characters in a good portion of the book.
Jules is unbearable. Everything is "poor me". It's basically a 538 page pity party.