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Sophie's Choice by William Styron
4.0

It was a bit slow to get into, but once you do start, it's a trip. No wonder why the term made it into the lexicon, since it is not an easy choice to make and I'm sure many of us wouldn't be able to do that. Sophie, for all her faults, was a compelling character that you don't really see in post war literature. Most are courageous heroes and Sophie a pathetic and broken woman both from her experiences and her life before.
Stingo is pretty much the same in this regard, and it makes sense that he would be the one to tell her story. He's fairly callow and doesn't really see her, but it makes a hell of a lot of sense for someone like him to narrate her broken life.