“Thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining, touching and funny novel.
Instantly forgettable!
Our book group liked this too and we had a good debate, the group gave it an average of 6.2/10
Score 7/10
Date read September 2011
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“What a load of old nonsense!
Alan you’ve let me down.
Two stories, niether good, both out of date and unfunny.
Book group thought more of it and gave it an average of 3.75/10
Score 1/10
Date read June 2011
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“A clever fast paced thriller. . . That’s what it says on the cover, not fast paced until the last 75 pages.
A good idea but not sustained to keep the reader interested.
Oh the plot! Humans are good – Angels are evil – end of story. Wait for the mini series on TV.
Score 4/10
Date read April 2011
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“Although I didn’t read The Corrections I will go back and do so.
Critics rate Freedom as inferior, I can’t judge that yet but can say I enjoyed Freedom a lot.
Not a quick read at nearly 500 pages, and can get a bit stodgy in places.
This isn’t a plot driven novel, more a family saga of Patty/Walter/Richard etc. What Franzen achieves is to detail all of the characters and make none of them likeable, the book works because of it.
Don’t give up on it. Our book group loved it and couldn’t stop discussing, we also scored it at a high average for the group of 7/10
Score 8/10
Date read February 2011
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