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Bogdan
May 17, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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I am enjoying every page from the two novels I've read from Jeffrey Eugenides. If I would write novels (something that I tried some years back), I wished I would write them the way he wrote Middlesex and The Marriage Plot. Don't get me wrong, they are not perfect novels. They are just perfect examples of what I look in a novel: good plot, interesting characters, great storytelling and stop mixing prose with poetry.

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Alyssa
Aug 08, 2019 rated it it was amazing
One of the best novels I've read in some time. To be honest, it took me a few pages to connect with Eugenides' writing style, but once I did I wanted to crawl into the story and spend all my time there. I started reading this on the plane, and was glad to have uninterrupted time to devote to reading. The author has carefully crafted his characters, taking time with each one. His research regarding mental illness is to be commended. This would be a great book to make into a movie! ...more
Georgia Carvalho
Nov 01, 2018 rated it it was amazing
This book really spoke to me on many levels - the time period (the 80s), the setting (Providence and Cape Cod) and the twisting and complicated marriage plot that unfolds. As a mother of two girls about that age, I completely felt the pain of Phyllida and Alton.
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Nov 06, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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Keith
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