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Technically I'm not finished--I got about three-quarters of the way through. But I am now doing what I have never done before: I am putting down this book permanently with no intention of finishing it.
Don't get me wrong, it's very well-written. But I cannot abide the protagonist--a man who is supposed to be admirable, moral, a hero to his wife and daughters. I can't stand him. He is colorless, depressing, and dull. He has absolutely no sense of humor. He's a bore--to both me and the other characters in the book (with the exception of Marmee, seemingly).
Surely there will be many who will say this was the intention of the writing. Perhaps the art of the book was that he is meant to be a good man that no one likes. That's highly possible and even probable.
But I eventually asked myself why I was reading this book, and found no good answer and no good reason to continue.
Don't get me wrong, it's very well-written. But I cannot abide the protagonist--a man who is supposed to be admirable, moral, a hero to his wife and daughters. I can't stand him. He is colorless, depressing, and dull. He has absolutely no sense of humor. He's a bore--to both me and the other characters in the book (with the exception of Marmee, seemingly).
Surely there will be many who will say this was the intention of the writing. Perhaps the art of the book was that he is meant to be a good man that no one likes. That's highly possible and even probable.
But I eventually asked myself why I was reading this book, and found no good answer and no good reason to continue.