findyourgoldenhour's review against another edition
3.0
I was disappointed in this because I really liked The Corrections. It was a page-turner, but his characters were all cliches and the narrative went all over the place. Also, he seems a tad obsessed with sex...in fact, Freedom was recently nominated on The Huff Post for worst sex-scene writing ever. Compelling to read, but it hardly lives up to the hype.
rltinha's review against another edition
5.0
Deixei este título a fermentar na wishlist durante anos. Há uns meses comprei-o a metade do preço, que foi a justificação para o protelamento da aquisição durante todo o tempo antecedente. Depois deixei-o à espera de vez nas minhas (não raras vezes) absurdas prioridades leitoras.
Foram cometidos erros, portanto.
Drama familiar habitado por personagens claramente modeladas, amplas em luzes e sombras, nos antípodas das gentes de papel. Os temas do americanismo do início do século XXI andam quase todos por ali, disserta-se mais intensivamente sobre um ou outro tema, mas tudo é secundário à família Berglund e à sua história, microcosmos para generalizações e exemplo padrão de um certo catálogo de virtudes e vícios humanos.
A estrutura participa da realidade do seu tempo: fragmentada, parcial, inconstante, como a própria progressão da família Berglund.
As vozes e os tempos narrativos informam aquela estrutura não linear de uma sucessão de eventos e estados que adensam a profunda humanidade da escrita de Franzen, consagrando-o como um grande escritor, mesmo que não o the great wtv writer.
Foram cometidos erros, portanto.
Drama familiar habitado por personagens claramente modeladas, amplas em luzes e sombras, nos antípodas das gentes de papel. Os temas do americanismo do início do século XXI andam quase todos por ali, disserta-se mais intensivamente sobre um ou outro tema, mas tudo é secundário à família Berglund e à sua história, microcosmos para generalizações e exemplo padrão de um certo catálogo de virtudes e vícios humanos.
A estrutura participa da realidade do seu tempo: fragmentada, parcial, inconstante, como a própria progressão da família Berglund.
As vozes e os tempos narrativos informam aquela estrutura não linear de uma sucessão de eventos e estados que adensam a profunda humanidade da escrita de Franzen, consagrando-o como um grande escritor, mesmo que não o the great wtv writer.
abc_sunshine_823's review against another edition
2.0
I’m glad I did finish the book, but there were many, many points I wanted to stop. Even after getting through the whole thing, I can’t say I really enjoyed it—it was just “eh” and a looooong “eh” at that. Nothing in the writing or the story struck me as particularly interesting or poignant.
brgtul's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
gailvis's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
danchrist's review against another edition
1.0
Ugh. Loved "The Corrections," but this miasma lost me quickly. Do not bother.
mauritz_brannstrom's review against another edition
4.0
Nog 5 stjärnor om jag hade läst mer uppmärksamt, om man läser om den tror ja den blir super
joegisondi's review against another edition
4.0
Shit, that was good. It’s a brutally honest look at the description of a families, relationships, friendships, species, ecosystems with an ending I thought I would hate but it was a perfect complicated simple story of life. The Iraq stuff felt a little forced, out of place and wrapped up in too conveniently. Otherwise, if it had focused on just the relationships, which Iraq loosely did and mirrors certain aspects, it would be perfect.
vablancato's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
girlgeekcyclist's review against another edition
4.0
A long but satisfying read, at first I was a bit unsure if I would carry on with this as I felt the treatment of Patty's sexual assault was quite flippant, by both the author and the family, but I stuck around and I did like the character development, and it all just felt very real, messy families, trying to unsay the unsayable and to forgive the unforgivable and yet still loving each other in spite of everything. I also quite liked the ending, which I was kind of dreading how all of the different characters might end up, but it's handled in a neat but also believable way. Happy to have read it.