Alex's review
The Hotel New Hampshire (Black Swan)
by John Irving
I love this book,but be warned it is one of his more bizarre (i mean that in a good way) stories.
Way harsh! But you make excellent points. Since when does fiction have to be plausible?
It should always be plausible or at least in the realm of the possible, seriously that Arizona family bugged me, who goes to Maine for what was apparently their first trip ever? I can accept extremely unlikely things happening like a plane crash, but not for stupid reasons like flying a separately, that only works if you are flying without your children so they aren't left parentless, but if they are coming you all die anyways.
Also I forgot to mention I kept loosing track of the family's catch phrasing and forgetting what they meant.
Alex's review
The Hotel New Hampshire (Black Swan) by John Irving
Alex's review
rating:
So far this is the weakest John Irving book I have read. His books are always crazy and slightly unbelievable, but this is the first time I didn't believe. Spoilers ahead. First off all I just didn't believe the plane death. Who travels in plans separately, did people actually do this? You drive in the same car together, going separately just doubles your risk. Plane crashes are just so unlikely that I didn't buy this for a second. I really liked Egg and Mother, but wasn't sad when they died because it was so unrealistic. Too many of the characters in this book die that I feel John Irving is just ticking them off, plus people don't die of fright as easily as they seem to in this book. Finally his portrayal of the family from Arizona just seemed laughable. They took a trip to Maine and saw the ocean for the first time? Does John Irving forget there is a west coast? Or for that matter lots of places to go skiing that aren't all the way in Maine.
For all my complaining I did li...more
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I love this book,but be warned it is one of his more bizarre (i mean that in a good way) stories.
Way harsh! But you make excellent points. Since when does fiction have to be plausible?
It should always be plausible or at least in the realm of the possible, seriously that Arizona family bugged me, who goes to Maine for what was apparently their first trip ever? I can accept extremely unlikely things happening like a plane crash, but not for stupid reasons like flying a separately, that only works if you are flying without your children so they aren't left parentless, but if they are coming you all die anyways. Also I forgot to mention I kept loosing track of the family's catch phrasing and forgetting what they meant.