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House of Sand and Fog
by Andre Dubus III
Three flawed characters, two opposing viewpoints and a system that feels like it's failing everyone. This book achieves a lot in its sub 400 pages and leaves a lot to think about.
I read this book for a book club and we've never spent so long talking about the book! There are just so many issues covered in this book around class and race with the characters constantly swirling around a drain of conflict.
Dubus did a great job of telling two opposing viewpoints in a way that as a reader, you got the benefit of seeing it from both sides. The fact that you could ultimately be empathetic to both and see that there really were no winners here is the result of some clever writing.
Ultimately heartbreaking, this book leaves a stain. I'm sure it'll stay with me a long time and later I'll be wondering why I didn't give it 5 stars. My justification for now is that the ending let me down. I really don't enjoy when you're led to believe someone dies when they don't. The 1 star loss was that simple for me.
I read this book for a book club and we've never spent so long talking about the book! There are just so many issues covered in this book around class and race with the characters constantly swirling around a drain of conflict.
Dubus did a great job of telling two opposing viewpoints in a way that as a reader, you got the benefit of seeing it from both sides. The fact that you could ultimately be empathetic to both and see that there really were no winners here is the result of some clever writing.
Ultimately heartbreaking, this book leaves a stain. I'm sure it'll stay with me a long time and later I'll be wondering why I didn't give it 5 stars. My justification for now is that the ending let me down. I really don't enjoy when you're led to believe someone dies when they don't. The 1 star loss was that simple for me.