Nymphadora T. (nymphadora) reviewed on 12/13/2007 + 95 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

Yes, I fell for the old "the book is always better than the movie" line. Let me just say that, in this case, that saying couldn't be further from the truth. John Updike, for all of his fame and Pulitzer winning glory, is an arrogant, if not condescending, writer at best. He uses "big words" just for the sake of using them. I was so bored with the characters talking just to hear themselves talk and with the author describing just to see his words in print that I actually stopped reading. This is really saying something for me because I normally just "suck it up" when reading a book that has received such acclaim, but I have to say that my life is just too short to read crap.

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