I listened to Nobody's Fool while driving a rented moving van across country and regretted only that I was by myself and had no one else to laugh with, cry with, commiserate with, or just plain hug when it ended. I've read a few of Richard Russo's books and I don't understand why he doesn't have a ...
I know the reviews for this book weren't stellar, and there were moments when I thought the book was a hot mess, but mostly I enjoyed it. The best and most coherent part of the book was Griffan's relationship with his mother, I just wish he hadn't added a marriage breakup and a mid-life crisis to ...
This is the story of Empire Falls and all that makes up a small town; first in times of prosperity and then as the town falls in on itself in leaner times. Interesting, complex characters, most of whom are likable in spite of their flaws.This book is worth reading, if only to read Russo's summary of...
Donald ‘Sully’ Sullivan is the 60 years old antihero of the little town Bath. Like the town is in a slump, he is too. His knee throbbing on the rhythm of a lively brass band, he is waiting to get himself declared 100% disabled by law, together with his one legged lawyer Wirf, but in the mea...
Any Small Northeast Town, USAPicture of a decaying Maine town, expertly drawn. A sense of fatalism runs through the book--not a happy and uplifting read, but powerful. Nobody does depressed small NE towns better than Russo.
I started writing a review about 4 times. It doesn't work. I just loved it. It's perfect. The setting, the plot, the characters, each and every one of them. And Miles, I fell for you. Big time.
Lembro-me que gostei do livro e fiquei com uma opinião bastante positiva acerca do livro e da escrita do autor. Do enredo, das personagens e da evolução das mesmas.Já não me recordo de todos os pormenores da história, mas fica uma boa lembrança.
I liked the book but there were some times when it felt a bit disjointed because of interchanging time lines and abrupt locale changes. I would lose track of which character I was reading about and what some of the references meant. It is 500+ pages and I did not find it a quick read but certain une...
It's possible that as a Midwesterner of somewhat Scandinavian extraction, I have an overly developed sensitivity to the language of self deprecation. I consider myself enthusiastic amateur in the practice of self-effacement; my Grandma Dory can both insult and vanish into false timidity in the same ...
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