Moonglow in Around the World in 80 Books

Feb 12, 2017 Ryan rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2017, favorite-authors, fiction

Is forgiveness an emotion, or is it a transaction? Can it be directed at those who are no longer around to receive?

Beautiful story with a lovely structure

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Jul 10, 2017 Tony rated it liked it

Shelves: novels, setting-europe, war-ww2, setting-us

I generally fine Chabon's fiction to be highly engaging, entertaining, and satisfying. This latest one only hit the first two of those, so while I enjoyed it in fits and starts, and certainly found scenes and characters that I loved, at the end of it all it fell a little flat. It's hard not to place the blame for this on the highly autobiographical nature of the book -- Chabon has described it as an attempt to grapple with his family history, and with the book's narrator named "Mike," he isn't e ...more

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Feb 21, 2017 Katie rated it really liked it

Shelves: male-author

I read this book for a book club that I ended up not being able to attend, which was disappointing, as I really wanted to hear what other people thought about it. The book was inspired by Chabon's conversations with his grandfather during the last week of his grandfather's life. The novel is a fictionalized memoir of sorts. Chabon is no doubt an intelligent and talented writer, but his writing style is somewhat challenging for me to read at times. I wish I had not plowed through the book so quic ...more

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Feb 08, 2018 Sarah rated it liked it

Shelves: hot-lit

It took me six days to read this book which is the longest it's taken me to read anything this year. And I had it on both audio and ebook format. So that should tell you how much I liked it. I had a really hard time connecting. ...more

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