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A review by emilybeaudry
A Widow for One Year by John Irving
2.0
I was so happy to finish this book...not because the ending was any good, but just because I can finally be done reading it! Although Irving peppers this book with a few nuggets of insight and even an interesting story line here and there, this book is nothing but a disjointed mess. It's almost as if he collected all of his notes from over the years, mashed them together, made loose connections, and called it a novel.
Not even remotely worth the ridiculous amount of time it took me to get through this novel. Looking forward to whatever I read next - no matter how bad it is, it couldn't be much worse than this.
UPDATED REVIEW: You know what, I'll toss another one star onto my review because I've had some time to be away from this book and ponder its point. I think it was about how people are affected by the absence of something or someone in their life. I don't think Irving did a very good job of explaining this, but I think that's what he was getting at. I actually blame the editors at this point. In any case, don't even bother, it was pretty bad.
Not even remotely worth the ridiculous amount of time it took me to get through this novel. Looking forward to whatever I read next - no matter how bad it is, it couldn't be much worse than this.
UPDATED REVIEW: You know what, I'll toss another one star onto my review because I've had some time to be away from this book and ponder its point. I think it was about how people are affected by the absence of something or someone in their life. I don't think Irving did a very good job of explaining this, but I think that's what he was getting at. I actually blame the editors at this point. In any case, don't even bother, it was pretty bad.