Little Children
by:
Tom Perrotta (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780753179277
Publish date: 2007
Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd
Pages no: 407
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Drama,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Relationships
I came to this book not knowing the author and unaware of the movie (I inadvertently gave up going to movies when I had kids), so I approached it fresh. I enjoyed it.After I finished the book and read the reviews, I learned that the title is supposed to refer to the immaturity of the adult character...
This book went nowhere, so frustrating! I expected more because it had been made into a movie (I haven't seen the movie yet - I hope it's better than the book - the first time I've ever said that). Too much subplots that didn't take you anywhere, too many flashbacks, and things happening out of or...
"But sometimes, when he was making love with Sarah, a weird sense of exhilaration would wash over him, and he’d believe for a moment or two that he could happily fuck her when they were both eighty-five and toothless, that the way their bodies looked was somehow beside the point."