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A review by sabrinaliterary
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
5.0
"…if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone."
I thought this would be another book about tired, pretending suburban lives in the 1950s, and I actually surprised myself when I bought it and cracked it open. As cliched as these subjects might be, Yates' narrative is disturbing and devastating. At the end of the second-to-last chapter, I was paralyzed. I am still haunted by Frank's insecurities and April's emotional numbness, and I can only hope the movie does this story justice.
I thought this would be another book about tired, pretending suburban lives in the 1950s, and I actually surprised myself when I bought it and cracked it open. As cliched as these subjects might be, Yates' narrative is disturbing and devastating. At the end of the second-to-last chapter, I was paralyzed. I am still haunted by Frank's insecurities and April's emotional numbness, and I can only hope the movie does this story justice.