christar_123 's review for:

American Pastoral by Philip Roth

3.0

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I don't know how to rate this book. Roth's style was interesting, the framing of a story within a story made the book feel like it was starting late. Sometimes it was difficult to read - the relationships between parents and children hit some chords, but that's what makes good literature, right? I don't know that I enjoyed the story itself, but the novel was thought-provoking and well-written. I liked the progression between the outer-story and the "actual" story and the development of the characters.