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Summary: good writing, bad use of multiple perspectives, lack of resolution for many of the MANY characters (large family + neighbours + tenant + random people in the small town). The book is 500+ pages, so it felt like I had invested in the lives of some people only to have them vaporise from our common space. It also bothered me that Wolff took the idea of 'every-town' America to the extent that I didn't ...more
Summary: good writing, bad use of multiple perspectives, lack of resolution for many of the MANY characters (large family + neighbours + tenant + random people in the small town). The book is 500+ pages, so it felt like I had invested in the lives of some people only to have them vaporise from our common space. It also bothered me that Wolff took the idea of 'every-town' America to the extent that I didn't ...more
