I’m glad you recommended this. I started awhile ago and have been slow going after the first 50 pages, opting for some other books as I consider it. Your review convinced me to go back to it
@@justjuanreader Ok Juan I finally finished! Gosh - I can't remember the last time I was this mixed on a book. It's so deeply perceptive, so achingly funny, and the characterizations are so dense and mult-faceted, but as you said here it does a lot of telling. As its regimented descriptions of rituals and processes and personalities mounted, I got less enamored with it, even as there are individual passages so truthful they made my spine tingle. You mentioned this too, but I didn't love the structure of the book. It seemed too preoccupied with spacing out and layering hints and puzzle pieces of the characters past trauma, often diverging from something I was more interested in for an event that was pre-determined(and pre-teased!). It was a very good book, but so close to transcendent that I can't help feel disappointed in these little writing mishaps. I think it works best as a perceptive satire of our bullshit American culture and a portrayal of complicated modern marriage, and not as much a generation spanning Steinbeckian Saga. I would still highly recommend it.
Me salieron dos reseñas se este libro hoy en mi feed. ¿Es una señal? 😂 gracias por la reseña! Gracias (o por culpa haha) de tu canal y de los gustos similares mi TBR está aumentando..🫠
Just being honest! Btw I have been watching your psychoanalysis-related videos and have, as a consequence, developed an interest in studying it. Would it be possible to get in touch with you?
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I’m glad you recommended this. I started awhile ago and have been slow going after the first 50 pages, opting for some other books as I consider it. Your review convinced me to go back to it
I hope the rest of the book changes for the better! In my experience the opening was rough but it’s a book I’m still thinking on :)
@@justjuanreader Ok Juan I finally finished! Gosh - I can't remember the last time I was this mixed on a book. It's so deeply perceptive, so achingly funny, and the characterizations are so dense and mult-faceted, but as you said here it does a lot of telling. As its regimented descriptions of rituals and processes and personalities mounted, I got less enamored with it, even as there are individual passages so truthful they made my spine tingle. You mentioned this too, but I didn't love the structure of the book. It seemed too preoccupied with spacing out and layering hints and puzzle pieces of the characters past trauma, often diverging from something I was more interested in for an event that was pre-determined(and pre-teased!). It was a very good book, but so close to transcendent that I can't help feel disappointed in these little writing mishaps. I think it works best as a perceptive satire of our bullshit American culture and a portrayal of complicated modern marriage, and not as much a generation spanning Steinbeckian Saga. I would still highly recommend it.
@@moviehusbands completely agree, I think it’s a funny satire and has moments of heartfelt greatness!
Me salieron dos reseñas se este libro hoy en mi feed. ¿Es una señal? 😂 gracias por la reseña! Gracias (o por culpa haha) de tu canal y de los gustos similares mi TBR está aumentando..🫠
Justamente ahora por ti estoy leyendo The Curfew 😱 wow!!!
You are handsome :)
😅 you’re way too kind!
Just being honest! Btw I have been watching your psychoanalysis-related videos and have, as a consequence, developed an interest in studying it. Would it be possible to get in touch with you?