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A review by gwendle_vs_literature
The Road to Wellville by T.C. Boyle
2.5
I was so excited to read this book, (I’d seen the film adaptation years ago, and it came highly recommended by another member of the silent book club) but sadly I was left disappointed.
The prose was fine (no glaring grammatical errors or anything, which it why it gets a 2.5 and not lower) but the story was not as engaging as I expected, and the humour was not to my taste. I realized after finishing and looking at a list of the author’s other works that I’d read one (A Little Water Music) about fifteen years ago and not enjoyed it. If I’d realized this was by the same author I might not have bothered.
The prose was fine (no glaring grammatical errors or anything, which it why it gets a 2.5 and not lower) but the story was not as engaging as I expected, and the humour was not to my taste. I realized after finishing and looking at a list of the author’s other works that I’d read one (A Little Water Music) about fifteen years ago and not enjoyed it. If I’d realized this was by the same author I might not have bothered.