I think it is because I read Middlesex and The Corrections back to back, but I always couple Eugenides and Franzen in my head. I did like Corrections better than Middlesex (although both were very good), but it turns out I enjoyed The Marriage Plot more than Freedom. Although, there are a lot of s...
First off, I really hated MIDDLESEX (horrifyingly binary ideas about gender, location of intersex bodies' origin in incest, etc), so I was predisposed to dislike THE MARRIAGE PLOT.I read it anyway because I love Barthes' A LOVER'S DISCOURSE and because the novel sounded like it might be critical in ...
I couldn't decide about this book. It was well written, the characters were believable and nuanced but apart from telling the reader just how well he knows his classics, I didn't see any real point to this book - marriage(?). It was definitely over-written, pretentious and very disappointing.
This is not a quick read, so it took some adjusting for me, but I immediately liked the language and details. It's essentially about relationships, but includes quite a bit about manic-depression and religion, too. Last pages are important to me, and this was a good one. Now I need to go back and re...
I agree with the majority of readers that the book can be a bit of a discouragement during the first 100 or so pages. But as I read on, I was impressed with the scope and breadth of Eugenides' writing. There is a lot to like in this book, although there is a lot that could have been better edited. O...
If you have read very many Victorian novels then you know that the books almost always feature a 'marriage plot'. Whether it is a happily ever after ending like Jane Eyre or a tragic ending like Tess of the D'Urbevilles, the bulk of the book revolves around love triangles and the scheming that take...
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