Eleventh book I read since May 2008:
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Basic story: mom wants the family together at home for one last Christmas. What could be easier, right? Well, a little bit tougher with a family as dysfunctional and denial-bound as this one. Some heart-breaking scenes provide reasons that dysfunction and/or denial exist, and though sometimes overwrought with imagery, it has some clever use of language and evocative turns of phrase. And the final two chapters will resonate with anyone who has ever felt like "the other" or worried about their own -- or a loved one's -- mortality. In other words, something for everyone growing up here on Earth.
At 550+ pages and sometimes jumping around in time, it ain't for the faint of heart. I liked it, but doesn't quite make my fave-five of 2008.
- Scott
12 years ago
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