lisagray68's review
3.0
I got this book from Library Thing's Early Reviewers program. I have no real quibbles with the book, except that it's largely forgettable. I read it in two days - the story certainly carries you along and the characters are well-drawn (which I understand is Antonya Nelson's forte). But it left me with more questions that I started with. And, well, I wanted something to HAPPEN. But, as a character study, it is a nicely done book, and well written. Just don't ask me what it was about a month from now...
featherbooks's review
3.0
Fine writing and treasured descriptions (the trailer inhabitants, the corgis, raising teenage girls) in a good story; easy shifts in time from past to present and back again without confusion (despite my post-surgical stupor); some very good character studies such as Catherine and her mother, the other professor, Ito, Misty, Miriam. For a spot-on review of this book, see this from the LA Times http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7953588-bound
ld2's review
3.0
It was a decent book with solid writing but I just had a hard time getting into the story. I didn't become enthralled with any of the characters but they were interesting and complex enough to make it worth reading.
jodiwilldare's review
1.0
I’m a proud and vocal book abandoner. If, after giving it the official John Irving try (reading 100 pages in hopes the story gets going named after Irving because A Prayer for Owen Meany takes forever to get going), I’m not enjoying a book I set it aside without a second thought. This is why I don’t often write negative book reviews. Sometimes, though, I will struggle through a book because of some other obligation. Usually that means Rock & Roll Bookclub, and still even then I’ve been known to abandon books that are too bad to read (*cough*A Boy Called Freebird*cough*).
This is why I finished Antonya Nelson’s Bound even though I really didn’t want to.
Right from page one, I had my reservations. The book opens in the point of view of a dog who has just survived a car crash that’s killed its owner. We spend a lot of time with the dog, meeting characters who don’t seem to have any impact on the story. When we finally get to the humans the third-person point of view is so far removed, the book feels cold.
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This is why I finished Antonya Nelson’s Bound even though I really didn’t want to.
Right from page one, I had my reservations. The book opens in the point of view of a dog who has just survived a car crash that’s killed its owner. We spend a lot of time with the dog, meeting characters who don’t seem to have any impact on the story. When we finally get to the humans the third-person point of view is so far removed, the book feels cold.
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anndouglas's review
3.0
A complicated plot featuring intriguing but not particularly likeable characters.
hardcoverhearts's review
3.0
I read the review of this book along with other listed as acclaimed books of 2010 but while I am appreciative of the eloquence with which the story was told, I didn't feel all that connected to the characters. I am glad I read it and will likely read more from this author in the future but this one just didn't do it for me.
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