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First off...Bravo to Oprah for selecting such a fine book for her book club! Oprah does not treat her book club members like fluff heads...this is a smart book which assumes the reader is smart too.
Middlesex is a long book and a dense book. It is epic in scope. I found it slow to get going, it bogged down in detail in the middle for me, but the end was sublime as all the parts fit together. I was blown away.
Middlesex deals with some topics we don't want to think about...war, brother sister sexua ...more
Middlesex is a long book and a dense book. It is epic in scope. I found it slow to get going, it bogged down in detail in the middle for me, but the end was sublime as all the parts fit together. I was blown away.
Middlesex deals with some topics we don't want to think about...war, brother sister sexua ...more
I picked this up because of all the good press about it and because I had liked (but not loved) Virgin Suicides.
Being from Michigan I really loved all the background of the Detroit area and how Eugenides really captured the feel of the area during the Prohibition.
When we got to the main character I didn't find him/her interesting or care about what happened to him/her. ...more
Being from Michigan I really loved all the background of the Detroit area and how Eugenides really captured the feel of the area during the Prohibition.
When we got to the main character I didn't find him/her interesting or care about what happened to him/her. ...more
i listened to the audio version of this- scandal! but actually loved it. it was quite a good narrator. the book works quite well in audio as the epic nature of it as well as the fantastic yet commonplace situations. eugenides is an excellent writer along with this, in that the language is enjoyable and vivid. an epic treat.
This book has problems. Eugenides certainly has a story to tell. Whether he tells it well is the question. I'd say, no, although there are moments of interest. He tries to tell an epic, but in the end, he just makes a long, wordy mess of what could have been a nice 200-page novel.
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I'd this 3.5 stars if I could.
I feel like Carol Shields did this better in the Stone Diaries. Then again, anything that reminds me of that book must be pretty good. ...more
I feel like Carol Shields did this better in the Stone Diaries. Then again, anything that reminds me of that book must be pretty good. ...more
Apr 28, 2007
Christie
marked it as to-read
Sep 22, 2007
Kim
marked it as to-read
Dec 28, 2007
Jessica FA
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it was amazing
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Dec 29, 2007
Dan
marked it as to-read
