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A review by stacyculler
Accidents in the Home by Tessa Hadley
2.0
Too slow and subtle for my tastes
I get the point that Hadley was trying to make...that marriage is complicated, that underlying frustrations and quiet selves exist in the relationship that spouses are u aware of In each other, and that the lives of children are forever shaped by the course of their parents marriage. But really, these ideas are not any kind of epiphany, and I was annoyed by the fact that the characters in this book never seem to respond in any way to the events that occur. This book was all observations, all dawning awareness, and no corresponding reaction.
I get the point that Hadley was trying to make...that marriage is complicated, that underlying frustrations and quiet selves exist in the relationship that spouses are u aware of In each other, and that the lives of children are forever shaped by the course of their parents marriage. But really, these ideas are not any kind of epiphany, and I was annoyed by the fact that the characters in this book never seem to respond in any way to the events that occur. This book was all observations, all dawning awareness, and no corresponding reaction.