A review by akbhatia
A Widow for One Year by John Irving

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I’m so mad at this book; it made John Irving one of my favorite rants. The first 2-300 pages are really good, there’s a clear story, the writing is so vivid, it’s like a movie playing in your head. And then he veers wildly off path. And I hung in there for 400 pages more thinking he’d get somewhere. But I don’t think he did. If you like John Irving, odds are you’ll love this book, too - but I don’t get it. It would have been a 4 if he had found some way to end it after 300 pages.