kailyn616 's review for:

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

2.0

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"The Corrections" is a bunch of pretty words about a bunch of shitty people. Chip was the only interesting character (to a point), and he got the least amount of screen time. I felt bad for Alfred throughout the book in that his health continued to decline, but his vapid, self-centered family - particularly his kids - cared more about their petty trivialities than their own father. This is the kind of family that you know won't realize what they've got 'til it's gone (save for Enid, who's much happier when the burden that has become her husband is finally gone and she can get back to *enjoying* her life), and this is also the kind of family that you hope yours never turns into when you're too old to fend for yourself and your life is left in their hands. I walk away from this book despising every character in it.