prizik 's review for:

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

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I'm about halfway through and I'm throwing in the towel. Shocked at how much i disliked this one. Every character is totally unlikeable, which is fine, but they're unlikeable and self-destructive in totally bizarre, unrealistic ways. This book reminds me a lot of Infinite Jest in that it's so obvious the author thinks he's a Very Important Author writing Very Important Fiction that nevertheless lacks a real emotional, human core. I really enjoy Frazen's later work as well as his essays; I'm kind of blown away that this is his most highly regarded book. Very disappointed with this one and I really did try to power through.