A review by christinecomito
American Pastoral by Philip Roth

4.0

I want this to be 4 stars because I enjoyed the content. I liked the Vietnam era background and the discussion of capitalism vs communism. I liked the details of the glove factory. That said, it got long in the tooth. Too much time to set up the story with the Nick Zimmerman construct, it didn't even circle back to him. And too much of the Swede's though processes and self-justification. I don't think the ending really addressed the final issues of the characters. I am looking forward to the movie to see how it is put together on screen.