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A review by casspro
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
4.0
This book was a very enjoyable reading experience. It has a little coming of age, a little mental health, a little body image, a little relationship fodder and mixes it all together to give the reader something that they can get lost in. Kudos to Oprah.
This was the review I wrote the first time I read the book in 2008. I'm re-reading it now, and while I stick by my guns in saying that there's a little something for most readers, I can say with gusto that Dolores Price is an unlikeable character. Whether this has anything to do with a male author giving voice to a female protagonist, I can't say. But I don't think I've disliked a character so much since Ignatius Riley in Confederacy of Dunces. Dolores has very few redeeming qualities, and even as she grows into adulthood, she becomes so pitiful and cringe-worthy. This isn't to say that the book is bad or I regret re-reading it. I think younger readers will find aspects of themselves in Dolores. I however, would rather be Roberta, the tattoo artist who lives across the street and provides advice and secret cigarettes.
This was the review I wrote the first time I read the book in 2008. I'm re-reading it now, and while I stick by my guns in saying that there's a little something for most readers, I can say with gusto that Dolores Price is an unlikeable character. Whether this has anything to do with a male author giving voice to a female protagonist, I can't say. But I don't think I've disliked a character so much since Ignatius Riley in Confederacy of Dunces. Dolores has very few redeeming qualities, and even as she grows into adulthood, she becomes so pitiful and cringe-worthy. This isn't to say that the book is bad or I regret re-reading it. I think younger readers will find aspects of themselves in Dolores. I however, would rather be Roberta, the tattoo artist who lives across the street and provides advice and secret cigarettes.