Marni's review
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
I'm glad I didn't write a review immediately after closing the book. This was a quick read but a hard read. The story was very compelling, and I know I've been changed by it. Before reading it I read a review saying it rips your heart out and remakes it. I'm agreeing with that. It's terrible to read about the poverty and the ways Frankie's family survives in their terrible circumstances. It's harder to read how they sometimes lower themselves, especially his mother, to try to keep the family going. I kept thinking there was more she could have done to help them out, and maybe she tried and Frankie just wasn't aware of it.
McCourt does a great job telling the story through his younger self, though I questioned most of the early details but I would be happy if much of the last 75ish pages or so were taken out. Think fourteen to nineteen year old boy growing up without a male role model to guide him along that road - way too many details that at least in my mind don't furthe...more
McCourt does a great job telling the story through his younger self, though I questioned most of the early details but I would be happy if much of the last 75ish pages or so were taken out. Think fourteen to nineteen year old boy growing up without a male role model to guide him along that road - way too many details that at least in my mind don't furthe...more
