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ragingtopbun 's review for:
Sophie's Choice
by William Styron
I appreciate the plot. I don’t appreciate the build-up.
There also were quite some inconsistencies in the storytelling from Sofie. It felt like Styron wanted to pretend that Stingo wrote it down like Sofie told it, but then it shouldn’t have been grammatically correct. It feels like Styron didn’t want to choose between having a character tell a story inside the story, and him writing it down how he wanted to write it. He wanted both the narrative and the pretty sentences, which in this case doesn’t make sense.
I really couldn’t care less about Stingo’s sexual escapades, or what he seems to think are his trials. I feel like it doesn’t add to the story at all. The book could have been 200 pages less and it would have been a way better book in my opinion.
I do appreciate the ending, it feels proper.
There also were quite some inconsistencies in the storytelling from Sofie. It felt like Styron wanted to pretend that Stingo wrote it down like Sofie told it, but then it shouldn’t have been grammatically correct. It feels like Styron didn’t want to choose between having a character tell a story inside the story, and him writing it down how he wanted to write it. He wanted both the narrative and the pretty sentences, which in this case doesn’t make sense.
I really couldn’t care less about Stingo’s sexual escapades, or what he seems to think are his trials. I feel like it doesn’t add to the story at all. The book could have been 200 pages less and it would have been a way better book in my opinion.
I do appreciate the ending, it feels proper.