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A review by miss_tricia
Anagrams by Lorrie Moore
2.0
"All the world's a stage we're going through."
It took me a couple of chapters to realize that, although you read the same three names in each chapter, each chapter is populated by three different characters. You know that from the fact that their jobs are different and sometimes they have different relationships with each other (i.e. in one chapter two are lovers, and in another they are ex-lovers, yay!). On the other hand, that’s about all that distinguishes the characters. They all might as well be the same character: every Benna is the same as every other Benna is the same as every Eleanor. They all speak in the same literary puns and jokes. They are all supremely discontent. They are all in stupid and terrible relationships. The device is more confusing than illuminating, and the jokes aren’t that funny. Unless you're a hopeless literary nerd, you can probably give this one a pass.
It took me a couple of chapters to realize that, although you read the same three names in each chapter, each chapter is populated by three different characters. You know that from the fact that their jobs are different and sometimes they have different relationships with each other (i.e. in one chapter two are lovers, and in another they are ex-lovers, yay!). On the other hand, that’s about all that distinguishes the characters. They all might as well be the same character: every Benna is the same as every other Benna is the same as every Eleanor. They all speak in the same literary puns and jokes. They are all supremely discontent. They are all in stupid and terrible relationships. The device is more confusing than illuminating, and the jokes aren’t that funny. Unless you're a hopeless literary nerd, you can probably give this one a pass.