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A review by jonisayin
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
5.0
I started with 3 stars, but adjusted. I see why Lewis was awarded the Nobel for this one. We're all so ordinary. Ad we see ourselves in the inhabitants of Main Street. As droll, mediocre and colorless as they are, they are us.
Pretty college educated Carol marries the handsome, small town, Dr. Will Kennecot and spends her life in a bored state of annoyance, believing she deserves stimulation, art, beauty... blah, blah - blah. People who think they deserve so much more than they are willing to work for or risk for make my eyes bleed.
She has a son, she has a romantic affair - and she leave the handsome Dr., only to return. Sheesh. 1920 was hard on the poor girl.
The lesson is - "life is what you make it". Or is it "bloom where your planted". So many cliches to choose from. Lewis makes them all relevant here.
Pretty college educated Carol marries the handsome, small town, Dr. Will Kennecot and spends her life in a bored state of annoyance, believing she deserves stimulation, art, beauty... blah, blah - blah. People who think they deserve so much more than they are willing to work for or risk for make my eyes bleed.
She has a son, she has a romantic affair - and she leave the handsome Dr., only to return. Sheesh. 1920 was hard on the poor girl.
The lesson is - "life is what you make it". Or is it "bloom where your planted". So many cliches to choose from. Lewis makes them all relevant here.