What do people see in Michael Chabon? I've read one brief novel by him that was ho-hum and I've repeatedly tried to get through this first novel by the acclaimed author. I give up. His writing is in the doldrums and his dialogue is stiff and artificial. Or is there something wrong with me? I'm givin...
It's an okay first novel. Coming of age type of story with few twists and turns. More an inside the head of the lead character that I didn't really like. There wasn't any characters that I liked really. Not Arthur "Art" Bechstein, the "hero" of the tale, certainly not Phlox, the young woman or Arthu...
An enjoyable early novel from Chabon. I enjoyed his language while in some moods finding it over the top. For example: "As she moved her hands and head in the still light evening, talking about herself, the pearls seemed to string and restring themselves on the invisible thread of her gestures" (p. ...
As I recall, this one started out interesting and promising, and became increasingly dull. I was not satisfied with the book as a whole, given its early potential. I like to copy funny lines from books I read (when I can remember to do it). Here's a good one from this book: Conspiracy Theory: "Fer...
2000 Mar 01Add this to Brideshead Revisited for the list of Books in Which I fell In Love with Both a Male and a Female Character. And also, with a city. And the idea of being in college, which was much at all like my experience.
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