A review by deannah
The River Why by David James Duncan

1.0

I recently was reminded of this book on the podcast, "what should I read next." I remembered that it was my sisters *favorite* book. So, I gave it a go. Ugh. I don't mind slow books as long as there is character development or something. This instead reminded me of Les Miserable or similar type novels where there is the main storyline and then pages of exposition about something else entirely not really related to the plot or the characters. In this book, there was a lot of philosophizing: about the meaning of life, about the environment, about fishing and blending them all together. This might be your thing. If so, this is a great book. It is not my thing. I just wanted a good book to listen to. One that moved along and had me invested in characters. This was not that book. It is hard to become invested in characters or a plot when it is broken up with a bunch of philosophical ramblings.

I realized that I wasn't listening to any books, because I just didn't want to listen to *this* book. So, I gave it up. After making it 3/4 of they way through.