Helpful Score: 6
Did you ever read a book that took you eons to slog through? I know it's a Pulitzer winner and it was well written with attention to detail. Details were vividly described. But the ennui of the main character was too easily picked up by this reader.
Helpful Score: 4
This is a Pulizer Prize winner. A national best seller. after 60 pages, i put it down and did not wish to go back to it, i tried multiple times to get into the story yet i was bored and did not enjoy it. My husband read it and liked it.. just not my style i suppose.
Helpful Score: 2
I read it, but it was slow going. Far too much detail, and too long for everything to come together.
The main guy (I didn't read the Sportswriter but apparently it's the same character) is a very deep thinker. He analyzes everything. And the analytical part can be quite revealing. But most of the time I felt like I couldn't really relate because I'm a female and younger than he is in the Existence Period. I am a parent and a lot of his questioning & analysis I could relate to on that. The whole story is him taking his son on a trip for Independence Day so it all takes place over the course of like 3 days so it's very detailed and pretty slow moving.
Robert M. (shotokanchef) reviewed Independence Day (Frank Bascombe, Bk 2) on + 813 more book reviews
Frank, a former sportswriter, is now a realtor trying desperately to peddle a house to a pair of neurotic Vermonters: for almost half a novel no less. So now I know the ins and outs and tediousness of the realty business. On the plus side this has much of the wry humor upon which I thrive. The author's use of the English language somewhat remind me of Updike, as does his research into the realm of real estate, and family disunity of the times. Finally, a straightforward readable book that, I feel, is worthy of the Pulitzer Prize.
One of my favorite books. It is so wonderfully descriptive, it feels like you're walking around with the author. Almost like you're in a movie together.
Make no mistake, this book is about the journey, not the destination. If you're looking for an action novel with a hair-raising plot, this isn't it. This is more like a slow amble through a man's everyday thoughts, angst, and the many minor, some more major, dramas that make up the spice of his life.
Make no mistake, this book is about the journey, not the destination. If you're looking for an action novel with a hair-raising plot, this isn't it. This is more like a slow amble through a man's everyday thoughts, angst, and the many minor, some more major, dramas that make up the spice of his life.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the book by Ford is heralded for reflecting a slice of Americana through his protagonist, Frank Bascombe.
Classic.
