A review by bel017
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

 Compelling writing. I wanted to keep reading even though I didn't like most of the characters or the plot.

I enjoyed the first half, but struggled with the themes of the second half.

Making a relationship where one member is
old enough to be the other's GRANDparent seem reasonable
is not OK. And I would have liked to see some positive female representation. All the women were either objectified or blank spaces (parents, the house keeper etc.). There's an off-page conversation between Pella and Judy, but this book fails the Bechdel test.

The ending felt like the author didn't know how to end the book so just kept writing. 
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