sbpierce731 's review for:

Purity by Jonathan Franzen

4.0

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Reading 1 Franzen book is like reading 5 different books. Each of his characters, even a few minor ones, get a rich loaded history. Sometimes I feel like the books could do without the incredibly long backgrounds, but in the end I think he is really making a point about the current infatuation with knowing "EVERYTHING" about someone. I really liked this book. I think I liked the ending of Freedom better than the ending of Purity, but I liked the story of Purity better...