by Judith Guest
I wish I had the skill to truly analyze what makes the difference between a book where the author tries to manipulate the reader’s emotions and only gets an “hmm how sad” from me, or worse, eyerolls, and a book that has me glued to the pages and leaking tears. All I know is that this is one of the l...
This is one of those quiet books that doesn’t seem like much on the surface, but there is a lot going on underneath. It’s one of those books that require some thinking to really get it. Ordinary People alternates points-of-view between a father and a son. The father, Cal, is a successful attorney ...
The Jarrets are a typical American family. Calvin is a determined, successful provider and Beth an organized, efficient wife. They had two sons, Conrad and Buck, but now they have one. In this memorable, moving novel, Judith Guest takes the reader into their lives to share their misunderstandings, p...
Robert Redford's adaptation of Ordinary People has always been one of my favorite psychological films of all time, but I had no idea it was based on a book (heap shame on me, all of it). The narration dives straight into each character's thoughts and swims along, flashing this way and that in a st...
I made it. Why didn't you?
If you want to be swept away and read and read and read, pick up this book with believable characters in a really profound story.Just a magnificent book. A sort of Catcher in the rye, but than ten times better.As I said: this book is brilliant. You feel what the characters feel, you see wh...
This book was first recommended to me by my high school English teacher. I had just read Lord of the Flies, and she could tell I needed something to restore my faith in humanity. This book is incredible!It is a real, unflinchingly honest look at life and all of the horrible things that happen. It is...
Maybe it was supposed to be a story about how the loss of a child can tear a marriage apart, but it really came across as "no one understands privileged rich white boys except their shrinks."
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