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A review by amanda_y8s
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
4.0
This story is full of gorgeous language and immersive scenery. The complexity of the sisters’ relationships, their quiet anger and jealousy was so palpable.
I read King Lear right before this, so maybe that was too fresh in my mind, but felt it flattened Lear/Larry by making him too much of a monster. In the original, there‘s somewhat more ambiguity and levels of complicity among most of the characters, and I missed some of that in this modern retelling. Otherwise a good read, as they say.
Read as part of the #20in20 Read Better Challenge: A book based on another book
I read King Lear right before this, so maybe that was too fresh in my mind, but felt it flattened Lear/Larry by making him too much of a monster. In the original, there‘s somewhat more ambiguity and levels of complicity among most of the characters, and I missed some of that in this modern retelling. Otherwise a good read, as they say.
Read as part of the #20in20 Read Better Challenge: A book based on another book