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shelved by...miserablizm      shelf...have read      rating...3
tags...american fiction tragicomedy

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updated...May 13, '08    spoilers...none

Deserves a five. Some lovely bits, but overwhelmingly dull/trying so hard to be quirky and touching and blah. I LOVED The Hotel New Hampshire; every John Irving I've read since seems to palely imitate the joy that gave me. However, I really respect the attitude to women expressed in Irving's work, and the exploration of issues of gender and sexuality. It's just a pity that, once again, I didn't really care for the characters, or their 'oddities'.
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shelved by...oceanlistener      shelf...have read      rating...4
tags...comingofage family writing

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updated...Jan 25, '07    spoilers...n/a

I had heard a lot about this book, and while it didn't totally live up to expectations, it was interesting and strange and worth reading. It seemed quite graphic to me, but I liked how everything seemed predestined and obvious.
Interesting story.
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