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Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

Start date: April 28, 2013

Finish date: April 28, 2013

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Oct 10, 2021 Colin Gooding rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobook, mf-book-club

I ended up not connecting with this book as much as I expected to. I'm not sure if I just wasn't in the mood for it, but I found the multi-generational slice-of-life storytelling to be a bit of a drag and I was never too endeared with any of the characters. I found myself searching for themes to connect disparate parts of the story together and often came up empty.

However, Eugenides is a gifted wordsmith (and Kristoffer Tabori does great work bringing the words to life in the audiobook) and so ...more

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Jan 01, 2016 The Lady Anna rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, lgbtq, read-and-own-physical-book, best-of-the-best, overdue-podcast-episode, psychology

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Jul 31, 2015 Kellee rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction-contemporary, read-in-2015, literary-fiction, diverse-reads

I'd loosely heard about this book in college, and this summer I heard about it again through a podcast, "Stuff Mom Never Told You" and decided to give it a try. Much different than I first thought, Middlesex is quite relevant to today's commentary on sexual orientation, gender, and identity. Part of its appeal was author Jeffrey Eugenides, who is from Detroit and of Grecian/Irish descent. I thought he'd have some insights into cultural heritage and identity.

The book itself is like a trifle, with ...more

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