A very moving and intense story. Styron appears to break the rules (much like Elena Ferrante) in that he tells rather than shows. And parts of the story had a 'stream of consciousness' feel to it. But it all worked. It's not a light read, but quite dense. It's also not a novel that you can easily kn...
Well, I finished it. And I despised every moment of it, from the writing to the characters. Maybe I just don't understand or appreciate a writing style such as Styron's, but I just found it incredibly tedious and tiresome to wade through all of Stingo's incessant (and lust-fueled) rambling. I hat...
Sophie's choice is about a young writers initiation into sex, a doomed romance and the holocaust experience of a polish woman named Sophie. These three threads are woven together quite well. I found the writers story the least interesting and the most interesting is the holocaust part of the book,...
I got half, maybe two thirds of the way through this before I did what I really hate to do and gave up..I just couldn't be bothered.. I can't help thinking that if I had read this in my youth I would have found the tempestuous love affair between Nathan and Sophie highly romantic, and the constant s...
I got half, maybe two thirds of the way through this before I did what I really hate to do and gave up..I just couldn't be bothered.. I can't help thinking that if I had read this in my youth I would have found the tempestuous love affair between Nathan and Sophie highly romantic, and the constant s...
I finally finished this book. I thoroughly enjoyed Styron's style of writing throughout the book. He definitely has a way with words. I also really enjoy reading about WWII so this book was right up my alley.
Other thoughts/reviews:The Blue Bookcase: http://thebluebookcase.blogspot.be/2012/09/review-sophies-choice-by-william-styron.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheBlueBookcase+%28The+Blue+Bookcase%29eBook.nl (in Dutch): http://www.ebook.nl/store/sophies-keuze-p-207913.html
Loved the book, kind of. Made the mistake of taking this on vacation to Hawaii. Cried my head off for the 3 days it took me to finish it. If you're up for a very sad book that will make to cry like a baby, this is the book for you.
This was the first Styron I ever read and I couldn't believe how fabulous his writing was. And then the story on top of that. I never use the word, but here goes - awesome. 5 stars + 5 more stars. All the stars there are.
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