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kbooshie 's review for:
The Witches of Eastwick
by John Updike
There isn’t a character in this book to love or cheer for they are at best racist, homophonic, vile, or sad. That said, witch craft notwithstanding, they are also entirely believable - and alluring in their darkness.
The book is satire - seems this might not be obvious to other reviewers here - and is punctuated by various moments of exceedly dark truth that Updike does brilliantly. It’s superbly written - creating a constant tension between hating what’s happening and what it speaks too, and being caught in a sort of literary deliciousness anyway.
Maybe it’s just the moment we’re in with #metoo and the Kavanaugh confirmation but it somehow seems like this book - despite obvious anachronisms - is right on time in its cringeworthy truth and honest lies.
The book is satire - seems this might not be obvious to other reviewers here - and is punctuated by various moments of exceedly dark truth that Updike does brilliantly. It’s superbly written - creating a constant tension between hating what’s happening and what it speaks too, and being caught in a sort of literary deliciousness anyway.
Maybe it’s just the moment we’re in with #metoo and the Kavanaugh confirmation but it somehow seems like this book - despite obvious anachronisms - is right on time in its cringeworthy truth and honest lies.