A review by sbromley92
The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen

2.0

None of the characters are likeable and most of them are awful. The story is pretty much about three selfish kids and how they don't want to come home for Christmas. Their Dad has dementia and I came thisclose to bailing when he was hallucinating about turds, but I was already halfway through the book. The parts about Lithuania and the Dad's invention that he didn't get squat for patent fees bored me. But I kept going because the writing was good and I wanted to see how it all turned out. I'll save you the read-- no real redemption here. The middle son might have changed for the better some, but it happens so late you don't really know. I'm happy to move on.