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A review by ermamac
The Water-Method Man by John Irving
3.0
I suppose it wouldn't truly be summer if I didn't read at least a little bit of Irving.
This book struck me in much the same way that the main character seems to strike everyone he meets, which is to say predictably and not all that interestingly. I didn't hate it, but the book seemed to wander, lost without much of a plot or goal in mind. Irving does manage to do some fun things with time though. And as always there were the favorite themes: Vienna and wrestling and prostitutes and New Hampshire, so I do not consider it wholly a bust.
This book struck me in much the same way that the main character seems to strike everyone he meets, which is to say predictably and not all that interestingly. I didn't hate it, but the book seemed to wander, lost without much of a plot or goal in mind. Irving does manage to do some fun things with time though. And as always there were the favorite themes: Vienna and wrestling and prostitutes and New Hampshire, so I do not consider it wholly a bust.