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A review by alidottie
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
3.0
3 and a half stars
I am facilitating a "Dine and Discuss" at the library for this book since the librarian in charge of it is at a conference. I had to read this during a super hectic week in my life (if any of you have had a child get married, you know it's not the week you lick up a 500+ pp book and expect to finish it!), so I had to spend every spare minute yesterday (which happened to be my 24th wedding anniversary!) reading this book. Knowing myself as I do, having to read this book under these circumstances would have made almost any book I read lose some of it's appeal, that said, I still have a feeling I wouldn't have been crazy about this book.
I think Harbach does a stand-up job developing characters, so that wasn't the problem, I think the problem was I just could not relate to any of the characters problems or feel much sympathy for them either.
I know that this is suppose to be a baseball book, but it really didn't feel like it was about baseball. We shall see if I gain some insights that make me like this book more after I participate in this discussion!
I am facilitating a "Dine and Discuss" at the library for this book since the librarian in charge of it is at a conference. I had to read this during a super hectic week in my life (if any of you have had a child get married, you know it's not the week you lick up a 500+ pp book and expect to finish it!), so I had to spend every spare minute yesterday (which happened to be my 24th wedding anniversary!) reading this book. Knowing myself as I do, having to read this book under these circumstances would have made almost any book I read lose some of it's appeal, that said, I still have a feeling I wouldn't have been crazy about this book.
I think Harbach does a stand-up job developing characters, so that wasn't the problem, I think the problem was I just could not relate to any of the characters problems or feel much sympathy for them either.
I know that this is suppose to be a baseball book, but it really didn't feel like it was about baseball. We shall see if I gain some insights that make me like this book more after I participate in this discussion!