She’s Come Undone
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Why does everyone hate this wonderful book?
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Aug 11, 2013 11:40AM
I read this some time ago but remember that I did not want it to end, it was that good. The characterizations were spot on and I just could not put it down. Of the many books I have read, it is in the top 5 percent.
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Donna wrote: "It's been along time and so many books ago but I love his books all of them, I think he may be an an acquired taste and sometimes he gets deep and you really have to look for the meaning, much like..."I agree Donna. I love Richard Russo as well. Nice name, by the way!
I loved this book. It's been awhile since I've read it, but I still guard it like a baby because I know I'll read it again.
It has been a long time since I read this book. I do remember really liking it and his style. I am sure I read it pretty much non stop. I loaned it to a friend, asked to please make sure she returns it, never has, but that is ok. I will get it on my Kindle.
This is a great book. I read it when it first came out and again last year.
Those that do not like this book are simply unable to understand the isolation that can grow within a person that becomes so large is defines a person and then numbs a person. It is meant for those who already understand and know that they are not alone in that feeling of isolation. To those that see it and get it know it is beautiful and perfectly written.
Chelsea wrote: "Those that do not like this book are simply unable to understand the isolation that can grow within a person that becomes so large is defines a person and then numbs a person. It is meant for those..."You wrote this beautifully....so true
Funny, the title of this blog is "Why does everyone hate this wonderful book?" But mostly everyone who has responded loved the book. Me included.
Keri wrote: "Funny, the title of this blog is "Why does everyone hate this wonderful book?" But mostly everyone who has responded loved the book. Me included."I love all Wally Lamb books
Love this book, one of my all time faves! It took a long to for my head to really accept it was written by a man. Brilliant!
I loved this book as well.
I agree with most of you. I loved this book. It was something that a real person could be going through and not a fantasy. The title said it all for me. Come Undone. How many times in our lives have we felt like we have come undone and struggled to get back to where we were or above it.
I liked this book. I found the subjects to be upsetting at times, which only made we want to read more, in hopes all would turn out fine.
I read this a long while ago. I disliked the book until I got to the scene where she killed an aquarium full of fish. It was just mean and destructive. I loathed it after that. I still have not forgotten that. It is apparently indelibly marked on my brain.
Thank you, Michelle. I couldn't forgive her for that either.I've liked all Lamb's other books.
It's been a few years since I read this book, but I recall enjoying it very much.
I really enjoyed the book; however, it's not one that I would read over and over again.
One of my favorite books! I love it
I happened to be in the bookstore looking for something to catsh my eye. She's Come Undone did. I loved the book although I don't remember that much about it.That was the only Wally Lamb book I read. I was never able to get into any ot the others.
I loved the book. I remember how much I loved the book right after I finished the book. It was my first Wally Lamb book to read.
It has been quite some time since I read this book, but I really loved it. Sure it is dark, but I thought it was well written. We can't all like the same things, how boring would that be!
Kara wrote: "Just finished the novel! I just wish there had been a happy ending. I know-- blah- blah! LOL! I'm just one of those girls that likes to see things end happily ever after! Poor Dolores couldn't ..."And I thought the book did have a happy ending. She had worked through a lot of her problems, and was surrounded with loving people. Maybe it's because I'm in my 60s but I don't what more a person could ask for.
Read this one on the heels of "I Know This Much is True," and I marvel at how Lamb is able to develop complex characters, whether they be male or female. It makes total sense to me that people who read fiction are more compassionate. I can see how this book, (if you liked it) could do that. I wonder if some of the issues in the book made people dislike it. From reading some of the reviews, I sensed some of the authors are obese women themselves and resent a man trying to capture that pain. Obviously, it's not going to be the same experience for everyone. I do think that Lamb captured the alienation, the taunting and ridicule that Delores experienced.
One observation I have about both books is that Lamb's main characters never have to struggle financially. Somehow, in real life, I think that's a reality for many mentally ill people. But they continue to get by with barely a minimum wage job, when they are working. So perhaps, if Lamb is at fault, he just hasn't known how much stress that adds to a person's life. Overall, I enjoyed both books and will read more by him.
This book is the best. I, too, am surprised that someone would talk down on this wonderful piece of literature. This book made me feel such powerful emotions and I think that anyone who would claim to hate it doesn't have much empathy.
Paulen wrote: "Kara wrote: "Just finished the novel! I just wish there had been a happy ending. I know-- blah- blah! LOL! I'm just one of those girls that likes to see things end happily ever after! Poor Dolo..."And I thought the ending was happy. hmmmmmm What would you have done to make it a "happy" ending?
deleted user wrote: "I loved this book. I'm shocked to see how many people hated it. I can understand some of the reviews from men who can't relate with a woman's perspective, but to hear the amount of dislike from w..."I LOVE THIS BOOK! i've read it 5 times.
I am surprised that anyone did not like this book. As an avid reader for numerous years, I am a critical reader. I have read the best. As a writer, I study the style and prose of the author. After reading She's Come Undone, I was impressed and recommended the book. The fact that a man wrote it is impressive. The protagonist drew me in right away and the story was compelling. I wanted to know what happened next. This book received top ratings from me.
One of my favorite books ever - Wally Lamb really understands SO much.
One of my top 20 favorites too and I read constantly. I did not want this one to end.
I loved this book so much, that I breezed through it the first time I read it. I also did not want the book to end. I've read it 3 times & have loaned it out to my Mom & sister to read. Wally Lamb is a wonderful writer & very descriptive.
I can see both sides from the coin. It personally moved me to tears on how it shows a process of inner healing and redemption. On growing up as this vengeful person, angry at the world because of things that happened in your youth, and gradually realizing that anger can be limiting if it's your only driving force. Recognisably ''true'' on an emotional level.But I can also see how such a therapeutical work pisses people off who may find that it focusess too much on identification rather than on intellectual argumentation.
Spoiler ahead.... Wow, I thought I was in the minority of people who hated it, actually. But the main reason for me is because I hated the main character. It's been years since I read it but from what I remember the writer spent a huge percentage of the book having her deal with terrible situations one right after another and the only reason I read on was to see if something good would happen to her but it kept betting worse and worse and so did my perspective of the character.
I loved the book.I thought it was well written and its engaging even re reading it years later.
I hated Dolores Price.
She's a sociopath.
She's a bitter, mean spirited bitch.
I kept wanting to reach through the pages and slap her.
She's incapable of doing anything nice for anyone else as well as accepting kindness in her life.
Its been a very long time since I read it, but I remember liking it. So it looks like everyone did not hate it, at least not on these comments.
To original question: I don't know - hadn't heard that. I admired Lamb's work and would recommend it. GP
One of my top five books, because it absolutely spoke to me when I read it. Dolores Price was me. At fifteen and at thirty, I LOVE this book, and love Dolores Price!
I agree, it was a wonderful book, even though I read it years ago. Yes, a lot in this book was very shocking, but it was reality that happens for many women. She (Spoiler) thought her eventual happiness was to be found in a man, and that ended up hurting her, as has happened for so many women. I know what self-loathing is like, maybe that is why I got drawn into this book. Gladly, I can say I am not stuck in that emotion anymore. As one of you said above, the psychology of this book was very intriguing. I agree with that whole-heartedly.
I loved this book. I found it hard to believe it was written by man. I might read it again since its been a while.
I LOVED this book so much. I really became a fan of Lamb's after reading this one.
This is my favorite book from him and it got me into my love for reading. My mother lent it to me in high school.
I LOVED IT. IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
One of my all time favorite books. Wally Lamb is great.
I had no idea that people hated this book! It's one of, if not my favourite, book ever!
I really liked this book, I read it in my last year of high school and it marked me in many ways. One of the reasons was because it was the longest book i had ever read and the biggest emotional roller coaster a book had ever taken me on. I loved that Delores had many flaws and was herself a very cruel person despite the fact that she endured several terrible things from a very young age. I have never disliked a character so much but nonetheless had immense sympathy for everything that she went through. I found myself asking many times "why would she do this? " throughout the entire book but i think somewhere around the end i realised that i wasn't going to find a satisfying answer. She's a character with her own battles and flaws, who to me isn't a heroine nor a villain, shes just a girl going through life.
Me too! I adored this book!
I read it quite awhile ago but absolutely loved it.
I read this book when it first came out, and then read it again last year because I loved it so much. I think for me it just happened to be released when I was in college and I could really relate to it. Even reading it again, close to twenty years later, I still loved it.
I guess there is subject that some prudish people would not like, but She's Come Undone is one of my favorite books. I want to read more of Wally Lamb. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I loved this book.
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