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A review by explikator
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
This should be a modern classic. At least that's what Chuck Palahniuk said in "Consider this!". It's from 1983, as I learned later, and that sums it up somehow. The dialogue is quick and witty, like in "When Harry met Sally", which Nora Ephron wrote six years later. Though the overall tone is comedic, you can feel the pain of Rachel Samstat when she divorces her husband Mark.
But things have changed in fourty years. Ephron writes that all women want to marry, but all men do not want to. The best thing feminism had achieved, Rachel states, is the Dutch treat. That may have been funny 1983, but it doesn't stand the test of time.
But things have changed in fourty years. Ephron writes that all women want to marry, but all men do not want to. The best thing feminism had achieved, Rachel states, is the Dutch treat. That may have been funny 1983, but it doesn't stand the test of time.