by John Updike
DNF about 50 pages in. I just can't with all this BS. Less than 5 pages in, I knew I was probably not going to like it. It is very, very obviously written by a man. Some men do ok with writing women. This is not one of those cases. I have so many problems with this book from just these 50ish pages, ...
I tried, I really did. I loved this movie and for me the movie was much better than this book. It was over-written (is that a thing?) because that's how it felt to me. I just wanted to read about these three women who are witches living in Eastwick. Instead Updike spends so much time on a lot of min...
There is no plot. There's just 3 witches sleeping with every man, married or not, in their small coastal town. And they call it healing. The writing is convoluted, the plot doesn't exist, and the characters aren't likeable.
Não foi um livro muito apelativo. Foi algo aborrecido e várias partes do enredo foram bastante cansativas, mas confesso que também teve os seus momentos divertidos e cómicos e as personagens fizeram-me lembrar muito superficialmente As Donas de Casa Desesperadas, pela atitude delas, e as próprias pe...
From what I remember, the movie definitely took a liberty or two. Updike's storytelling draws you into his world.
Words can not express how much I dislike John Updike. What a tool.
The witches are horrible sluts. I can't empathize or care about them at all. The movie is much better.
Very different from the movie, which I saw first. I thought the story dragged in parts, and excessive exposition made it unreadable at times.
Oh, so clever, the three women discovering their powers. I was rather taken with the idea of Updike being both a serious and a popular novelist. Now I'm kind of grossed out at the idea that it takes a man to bring each woman to her fruition, and I'm off Updike entirely.
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