by Zoë Heller, Andrea Martin
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2008/12/review-believers-by-zoe-heller.html
I surprised myself a bit with this one. I've lately started abandoning books that have unlikeable characters in them. This book has pretty much nothing but unlikeable characters, yet the writing was good enough that I was engaged, and wanted to see what would happen to the characters. Some of the...
Aaaah. 5 stars. Wonderful. Sharp, funny, tight. One of the best of the year.
Ugh. Hateful people behaving hatefully.
One hundred pages in. I have often thought of Jane Austen as a bit too straitjacketed for my tastes, but you can always see--hell, you can feel--a ferocious rage at the hypocrisies and inanities and horrid behaviors of society, but coupled with a capacious compassion for all fools and foolishness. ...
Audrey's bad attitude and cruelty drove me nuts, but I enjoyed the book anyway for its character development and insight into family dynamics on many levels.
It's well-written.It flows well.The characters are all people I'd like to throw under a bus. I've heard it said that it's not the job of an author to create characters you want to be best friends with. Okay, so maybe there are authors who like to explore themes and big ideas, and in doing so create ...
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