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A review by nancf
A Thousand Pardons by Jonathan Dee
2.0
I won this book, an Advance Reader's Edition, from Goodreads.
Someone compared Dee to Franzen and I can see some similarities. Unfortunately none of these authors' books that I have read rank high on my list.
A Thousand Pardons is full of unlikeable characters: Ben and Helen Armstead, their daughter, Sara, Hollywood star, Hamilton, Bettina, Helen's coworkers, Ben's attorney/boss. I didn't like, or want to champion, any of them. I didn't even care what happened to them or that the ending failed to really tie up any of the loose ends. After they seemingly weathered their crises, they just all returned to their previous lives.
On the good side, the book was short, just 214 pages, and a fast read.
Someone compared Dee to Franzen and I can see some similarities. Unfortunately none of these authors' books that I have read rank high on my list.
A Thousand Pardons is full of unlikeable characters: Ben and Helen Armstead, their daughter, Sara, Hollywood star, Hamilton, Bettina, Helen's coworkers, Ben's attorney/boss. I didn't like, or want to champion, any of them. I didn't even care what happened to them or that the ending failed to really tie up any of the loose ends. After they seemingly weathered their crises, they just all returned to their previous lives.
On the good side, the book was short, just 214 pages, and a fast read.