A review by msjoanna
The Sorrows of an American by Siri Hustvedt

3.0

This book gives a wonderful peek into the mind of a psychoanalyst working with his patients. These descriptions were by far the best part of the book - I'm tempted to give four stars just for that. The primary storyline, however, concerned the psychoanalyst's family and a tracing of a story from his recently deceased father. While the use of the author's father's journals was a lovely way for the author to collaborate with her father, and while the journals themselves were interesting, no truly compelling plot was really developed. Most of the characters seemed underdeveloped and somewhat random in their behavior and the book jumped around between storylines in ways that didn't quite hold together.