Garrett's review
The Witches of Eastwick (Penguin Modern Classics)
by John Updike
Garrett's review
The Witches of Eastwick (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Updike
Garrett's review
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could-not-finish
I'd always wanted to read John Updike, but this wasn't the book for me. What I read was over-written.
I got to page 108, where I came across the following scene (3 characters in hot tub, naked):
"Jane's face still expressed worry, but her mannish brows and that smudge of insistence in her voice no longer intimidated Alexandra, seeing their source in the thick black pubic bush which beneath the water seemed to sway back and forth almost like a penis."
That's all I could take. Plus, he keeps spelling yogurt with an "h", like yoghurt, which just seems unnecessary. I couldn't take it. I will try Updike again someday.
I got to page 108, where I came across the following scene (3 characters in hot tub, naked):
"Jane's face still expressed worry, but her mannish brows and that smudge of insistence in her voice no longer intimidated Alexandra, seeing their source in the thick black pubic bush which beneath the water seemed to sway back and forth almost like a penis."
That's all I could take. Plus, he keeps spelling yogurt with an "h", like yoghurt, which just seems unnecessary. I couldn't take it. I will try Updike again someday.
