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Review Date: 9/26/2012
I don't think this is one of I.B. Singer's best novels. I found it very dark and disheartening and without very much merit. The main character is not very likable in that he is a cheating womanizer and if this is supposed to be humorous, I did not see the humor. I think more time could have been spent on better character development and plot.
Review Date: 10/20/2017
I really enjoyed reading this book. The account of the Monagan family's trials and tribulations during their move to Ireland was very interesting. The author has a very good command of the language and his descriptions of Irish sayings and ways of living in a foreign country were very enlightening. For anyone contemplating a move to Ireland, I would say to definitely read this book.
Review Date: 1/7/2012
I enjoyed this novel very much. It was well written. I kept waiting for something really exciting to happen in regards to the falls and it never did. You may need to know orthodox jewish customs in order to fully understand why the characters act the way they do. I'm not sure non-jewish people who don't have that understanding would enjoy this book.
Review Date: 3/18/2012
I did not find the book very interesting. That could be because I generally do not read memoirs or autobiographies. I love watching baseball, but I'm not interested in written descriptions of the play-by-play or statistics, of which, this book had plenty of. Our book club chose this book. I did not. In fact, I did not even finish it. I will say that the author is very good at paragraph construction and phrasing, but he should be, because he is a journalist.
Review Date: 11/20/2021
Helpful Score: 1
I felt as if I was dropped into a soap opera reading this novel. There is too much repetition of the main character's thinking and I found the story trite and more repetitive of a Hallmark Channel romance movie. I like a lot more depth to a story and one in which I learn something I didn't know before. I will not be reading any other of this author's work.
Review Date: 7/14/2010
Helpful Score: 1
I enjoyed this book very much. I thought it was miraculous how an author can take one tiny incident and spend a whole book on it. At first I thought I was going to be bored with so much introspection on one tiny incident, but as I continued to read, I grew more and more fascinated with the central character. I have never before read a book where the characters have no names but are referred to by their occupations. I thought this was really unique. I am looking forward to our Book Club discussion on this book at the end of July 2010.
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