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Title: Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler ISBN: 0-345-44686-0 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 09 April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.62 (220 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: A real loser of a book
Comment: I've liked other Anne Tyler books. And I liked the opening line of this one--however, that was the end of my liking anything about this bore of a book. For one thing, the writing style drove me nuts. If I had to read one more sentence starting with "Oh, ...." I would have gotten sick. No one in real life says "Oh" to introduce a sentence! I found this stylistic habit annoying, contrived, and old-fashioned. Also, there was no sophistication or humor in her style, or in her subject, for that matter. Second, the main character, Rebecca, was boring, insincere, and lacking in depth. Particularly annoying was the fact that she usually said the exact opposite of what she meant, resulting in superficial small-talk. If you ran into her at a party, you'd avoid her like the plague. Third, Tyler went overboard trying to glamorize the ordinary, with the result of this book being a big snooze. I should have known from reading the reviews that a story about a family who gives parties and enjoys celebrations was going to be uninteresting, but I kept remembering Tyler's earlier works, and figured there would be something redeeming in it. I was wrong. There was something "precious" about both the writing style and the content that made me yearn for hip writing. I'll be cautious before reading another of Anne Tyler's newer books, I assure you.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not too impressed...sadly
Comment: I was quite disappointed in this book. To say that it went NOWHERE would be a huge understatement. It went around and around and kept including things that SHOULD have led somewhere and did not... No conclusions were drawn, no changes were made... ZIP! A portion of the book was devoted Robert E. Lee's biography...had NOTHING to do with the rest of the book. The characters were largely flat, unimaginative and difficult to muster any enthusiasm for.
Don't waste your money.
Rating: 5
Summary: sweet
Comment: This is a simple story beautifully told. This book is a lesson to its readers on knowing the difference between a regret and a what-if.
The main character, Rebecca, in the middle of her life, in the middle of a party, in the middle of the day suddenly wonders how she became this person she became. A very simple story follows to answer this very complex question.
There are second chances, considered and not taken, at long lost love. There are second chances, considered and not taken, at abandoned life paths. There are second chances, considered and not taken, at becoming the person she thought so many years ago she would become. The moral is: If, at the end of the day, you would chose the same life all over, then what you originally interpreted as a regret was really only a what-if all along.
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Title: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler ISBN: 042511774X Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: February, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler ISBN: 0449911594 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 27 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler ISBN: 0804113475 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 30 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler ISBN: 1400042070 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler ISBN: 080411918X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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