So I bought this book online at chapters because it was really
cheap. It also said it won the Pulitzer Prize. I thought to myself,
'why not?' and bought it. When I received the book and saw the
cover, I realized it had been made into a movie. I never knew that
and I haven't seen the movie yet.
So I start reading the book. It took awhile to get into it and get
used to the author's style. I can't say I like it all that much.
It's very disjointed. I understand that the style is important to
the story and its portrayal, but it is hard to get used to.
It's an interesting story of this man who basically lets everyone
walk all over him, including his two-timing (or maybe six- or
seven-timing) wife and family. After the death of his parents and
then his wife, he moves to Newfoundland with his two daughters and
old aunt to start a new life. Pretty cool, huh? I thought so.
The back of the book said that he begins to see the possibility of
love without pain or misery. I was really looking forward to this
transformation. It wasn't until I was two-thirds of the way through
the book that I realized that this transformation hadn't really
started at all. His love interest didn't get much further than
thoughts of passion and coy looks, moments of silence and people's
comments.
So now what? All I could think was that this book would be better
as a movie. It would probably flow better and the author did a
great job of developing an image. I was extremely disappointed in
the ending. I felt like it should have gone further and moved
quicker or something.
What can I say about this book? It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great.
I'm looking forward to see the movie - maybe it will be a bit more
entertaining. Plus it has Kevin Spacey and Julianne Moore in it.