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Book Review of Middlesex

Middlesex
Middlesex
Author: Jeffrey Eugenides
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


This book is wonderfully well written. It is part historical immigration love story, part coming of age story. The narrator, although fictional, easily fooled me to the point I sat down and looked several things up because it was just so convincing.

To be honest, there are a few irritating things. Some characters have no name and instead are referred to only be nicknames ("Object" and "Chapter Eleven") and then other characters just exist within the story without any explanation.

Overall I really enjoyed this novel. It was touching and poignant and can't truly be appreciated in pieces but as a whole work.