T.C. Boyle
Birth date: 1948-12-02
T.C. Boyle's Books
I got to around 150 pages into this book and realized this one was just not for me. I gave up the fight and returned it back to the library. I had such high hopes and thought the premise sounded really great but it felt completely flat to me. I figure I gave it enough of a shot though to see that it...
Honestly a well written book, but I found the overwhelming egoism of the characters unpalatable (even if it was realistic).
This is not a relaxing read. Not a "nice" book. It was a tough read. I had to fight myself to finish it. Very well written. Almost painfully realistic. Except for the pregnant young girl, no heros in sight. Not even good people. Just average awful people. It felt a bit too pessimistic too me...
TC Boyle's writing is as sharp as ever, but this novel mostly left me cold. I'd sum it up as "bad stuff happens, it sucks, and then people move on." The third-person, past-tense novel is told through three different perspectives: that of Sten Stensen, a 70-year-old Vietnam veteran and retired hi...
If these are the best short stories America has to offer, then there's something wrong with fiction writers in this country.
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