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I faithfully read (almost) every word of this book for a book club meeting and wished fervently that it had been 150 pages shorter. I think this was a book that I was supposed to like because it received so much acclaim when it was released and even won the Pulitzer Prize(!), but evidently this is why I'm not on the committee that picks the Prize winners. I would probably pick all espionage and spy novels instead of books that are actually "good."
I recommend skipping this book for the following reasons:
1. It was WAY too long. If you don't know the premise of this book, it is about an intersexed (this is the PC term for hermaphrodite, thank you, Sister) individual's journey to self-discovery, but the book begins with a long and drawn out history of Cal's ancestors and the alleged reason why Cal was born intersexed. This history took up the first 3/4 of the book and included some really ridiculous descriptions that went on for pages and pages. Books like this generally rub me the wrong way See The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, I have a vivid imagination and prefer to exercise it over allowing the author to corral me into one stagnant image.
Check out my full review at http://abookofadifferentcolor.blogspot.com
I faithfully read (almost) every word of this book for a book club meeting and wished fervently that it had been 150 pages shorter. I think this was a book that I was supposed to like because it received so much acclaim when it was released and even won the Pulitzer Prize(!), but evidently this is why I'm not on the committee that picks the Prize winners. I would probably pick all espionage and spy novels instead of books that are actually "good."
I recommend skipping this book for the following reasons:
1. It was WAY too long. If you don't know the premise of this book, it is about an intersexed (this is the PC term for hermaphrodite, thank you, Sister) individual's journey to self-discovery, but the book begins with a long and drawn out history of Cal's ancestors and the alleged reason why Cal was born intersexed. This history took up the first 3/4 of the book and included some really ridiculous descriptions that went on for pages and pages. Books like this generally rub me the wrong way See The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, I have a vivid imagination and prefer to exercise it over allowing the author to corral me into one stagnant image.
Check out my full review at http://abookofadifferentcolor.blogspot.com
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