shawn27 's review for:

American Pastoral by Philip Roth, Philip Roth
3.0

This one is hard to give a rating to. It is well-written, and has a lot of intellectual and emotional depth, but I did not enjoy reading it. At the end it was a chore to finish, and I didn't care one way or the other how it ended. There was no character I was was particularly interested in, and Seymour Levov was so infuriating that I often had to stop reading because I was getting so angry with him. I believe that was the author's intent, but it did not make this book enjoyable or a pleasure to read.

If you like well-written books with no protagonist, no real plot, and characters designed to drive you crazy, this may be the book for you. Enjoy.