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heathermiccolo 's review for:
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
Literati Book Club December Book: The writing alone deserves 5 Stars, but when combined with rhetoric on the poor choices of any of the 5 Lambert's, it loses its flavor. I am not a fan of literary fiction. It is annoying, all of this passive action and no urgency! I wanted some plot. I know everything there is to know about these characters, and now I accept them, flaws and all, but I was disappointed by the culmination of "the last Christmas" scene. It really fell flat. No explosive dialogue or action (Gary's little chat at breakfast was not as eye-opening as the scene intended/demanded). Ultimately forgettable, like [b:Freedom|7905092|Freedom|Jonathan Franzen|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1316729686s/7905092.jpg|9585796].