A review by ferris_mx
Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
4.0
It's complicated, OK?
The book did a really nice job illustrating each character's internal thought process. Even though they are family, other people only see 10% of who a person is and what they are going through.
The comparisons with my own life are uncomfortable. The decision to stay or go. The children, each disaffected in their own way. And OMG, they are all so disaffected.
I felt a bit like the editor got tired near the end. Why else would "plangent" be used four times, and not for reduplicative purposes? Same with "lambent". The use of "testosterone" made me uncomfortable - I don't think it surges like that, or can be blamed in that way. And "boy hair"? nah thanks.
The book did a really nice job illustrating each character's internal thought process. Even though they are family, other people only see 10% of who a person is and what they are going through.
The comparisons with my own life are uncomfortable. The decision to stay or go. The children, each disaffected in their own way. And OMG, they are all so disaffected.
I felt a bit like the editor got tired near the end. Why else would "plangent" be used four times, and not for reduplicative purposes? Same with "lambent". The use of "testosterone" made me uncomfortable - I don't think it surges like that, or can be blamed in that way. And "boy hair"? nah thanks.