shinyenigma 's review for:

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

3.0

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An epic about marriage, relationships, purpose, and the over-arching theme of life in the modern age. By reading Freedom you grow (perhaps not enough growth for some characters but that makes it more realistic in some ways) with the characters as they age from childhood to adolescence, adulthood to the golden years of life. It's a fairly long read, and I can't say I regret spending the time to read it--by the end it was like saying farewell to good friends. I'm still in the early throes of life and have yet to settle down and find a partner (if I ever will), but reading Freedom gives some insight, even if fictitious, into the cogs & wheels of depending on another person.