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I completed all five of the Rabbit books, four of them this year. I'm busy so I'm going to cut and paste my review for all of them.
First, Rabbit dies way too young. It is hitting too close to home when characters are dying within my own age range.
Second, all five books need to be read. This is a masterful telling of a life by Updike. Rabbit's life is messy, beautiful, boring, ugly, unpredictable, and totally predictable. The life is real and universal.
We all have things we run from, but we can' ...more
First, Rabbit dies way too young. It is hitting too close to home when characters are dying within my own age range.
Second, all five books need to be read. This is a masterful telling of a life by Updike. Rabbit's life is messy, beautiful, boring, ugly, unpredictable, and totally predictable. The life is real and universal.
We all have things we run from, but we can' ...more
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