Mary's review of The Sportswriter
The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
Mary's review
rating:
bookshelves:
gave-up
recommended for:
"Rabbit" series fans
status:
Read in August, 2008
I can't believe I kept reading this for so long. He's a good writer, and there are some good parts, but I mostly wanted to "forget" the book on the subway. I gave up with about 60 pages left.
It's a weird coincidence that does The Sportswriter no help that I chose to read this right after reading The Accidental Tourist. They have, essentially, the same basic plot, but are handled so differently. Alice Hoffman says exactly what I felt in her review for The New York Times:
"The death of a son and a history of marital stress pushed to the limit by a husband's gloomy indifference are central not only to 'The Sportswriter' but also to Anne Tyler's most recent novel, 'The Accidental Tourist.' These novels display an uncanny series of similarities. In each we find a major character who is a workmanlike, rather than a creative, writer, a father and former husband who insists on continuing a suburban life a...more
It's a weird coincidence that does The Sportswriter no help that I chose to read this right after reading The Accidental Tourist. They have, essentially, the same basic plot, but are handled so differently. Alice Hoffman says exactly what I felt in her review for The New York Times:
"The death of a son and a history of marital stress pushed to the limit by a husband's gloomy indifference are central not only to 'The Sportswriter' but also to Anne Tyler's most recent novel, 'The Accidental Tourist.' These novels display an uncanny series of similarities. In each we find a major character who is a workmanlike, rather than a creative, writer, a father and former husband who insists on continuing a suburban life a...more
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