“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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