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A review by sidharthvardhan
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann
2.0
Faulkner who himself won a noble prize writing novels about decking families loved this story of a declining family - even to point of keeping a signed copy of it. But this is not as fun as Faulkner. Prose is much easier to read but there is very little beauty spots to the prose scattered over a long epic. In fact, for first 30 percent or so, it wasn't much different from the history buddenbrooks keep of their family
It gets better but never enough - not at all comparable to Faulkner. The few interesting chapters are only slightly intestine. The characters are so everyday that the stories of their lives could never have made interesting novels and none of the events that happen are interesting. Mann touches a lot of themes but it is always a touch-and-leave. And there is this stupid obsession about health problems among characters that is common to all three books I have read from author.
To be honest, the fault could be mine. I might just lack that taste bud which makes Mann's books delicious to people.
It gets better but never enough - not at all comparable to Faulkner. The few interesting chapters are only slightly intestine. The characters are so everyday that the stories of their lives could never have made interesting novels and none of the events that happen are interesting. Mann touches a lot of themes but it is always a touch-and-leave. And there is this stupid obsession about health problems among characters that is common to all three books I have read from author.
To be honest, the fault could be mine. I might just lack that taste bud which makes Mann's books delicious to people.