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Pretty incredible. This book is hilarious, depressing and contains multitudes. One of this novel's many feats is its author's ability to make you see a peice of yourself in each of the characters EVEN AS you are laughing at them and loathing them.
I'm going to turn out like Chip. Please don't let me turn out like Chip :) ...more
I'm going to turn out like Chip. Please don't let me turn out like Chip :) ...more
Jonathan Franzen has a potty mouth. Then he tries to pass this one off as great lit. I read this along with Dante's Divine Comedy and The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Even in Hell and in Hemingway's PTSD world did eiter one find it necessary to use the F word, the C word, or spend pages writing about excrement or enemas. Franzen says his book is not for the "middle-brow" reader...and I completely agree. It is "low-brow."
I give The Corrections 3 stars on the basis of excellent char ...more
I give The Corrections 3 stars on the basis of excellent char ...more
This book I had similar feelings as with the Emperor's Children, there were so many good things that I heard people say about the book then I read it and was not particularly impressed. It also reminded me why I moved out of the Midwest.
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The ending almost bumped this up to 4 stars, but all the characters were unlikable, if not understandable, and wouldn't do the smallest things to make others happy.
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Jun 19, 2008
akaellen
marked it as to-read
Sep 30, 2009
Betsy
marked it as to-read
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Adrianna
marked it as to-read
