Cns's review
This Book Will Save Your Life
by A.M. Homes
Cns's review
This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes
Cns's review
rating:
My life was not saved, but I was mildly entertained...I have a theory about the book, but if you are going to read it maybe you shouldn't read any further (WHITNEY).
OK--here's what I think. I have read some reviews of the book that criticize Homes for not developing characters, being too free with cliches, using L.A. stereotypes, being fuzzy with the time... I think Richard died at the beginning of the novel and this is his death trip. It's all one big dying dream. Richard's story is not meant to be taken literally. He doesn't actually rescue a horse with a movie star and a helicopter. (Among many, many unlikely events in the novel.) The characters aren't developed because they are just dreams--sketches. He becomes the person that he wants to be and finally has a relationship with his son because he is dreaming/dying. At the end of the novel, he goes towards the light and fades away. But if I'm wrong, then Homes really fucked this one up...
OK--here's what I think. I have read some reviews of the book that criticize Homes for not developing characters, being too free with cliches, using L.A. stereotypes, being fuzzy with the time... I think Richard died at the beginning of the novel and this is his death trip. It's all one big dying dream. Richard's story is not meant to be taken literally. He doesn't actually rescue a horse with a movie star and a helicopter. (Among many, many unlikely events in the novel.) The characters aren't developed because they are just dreams--sketches. He becomes the person that he wants to be and finally has a relationship with his son because he is dreaming/dying. At the end of the novel, he goes towards the light and fades away. But if I'm wrong, then Homes really fucked this one up...
