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Title: A Regular Guy : A Novel by Mona Simpson ISBN: 0-679-77271-5 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Another winner from Mona Simpson
Comment: After reading somewhat tepid reviews of this novel, I was expecting to be disappointed with it. However, I thoroughly enjoyed it. First of all, it is beautifully written, with some enchanting and poetic turns of phrase throughout. Narratively, it is, at times, a little difficult to follow, and there isn't a tremendous amount of engaging narrative flow to the plot. But it is a wonderful character study and coming of age story.
I found the portrayal of the characters to be creative and original. I felt that I knew each of them very well by the end of the book. And contrary to other reviews, I cared about many of them. And there is a wide-eyed freshness to the book mostly through the eyes of Jane, who I saw as the main character of the book (it could be argued that it is Owens, her father).
There's a lot in this book, and the ride is at times bumpy. But it is consistently satisfying and better than most of the novels that are out there. If you are looking for a straightforward, no nonsense novel, this is not it. But if you want to stretch your mind a bit, the rewards are tremendous!
Rating: 1
Summary: Hmmm...
Comment: I found this novel surprisingly hard to finish or to keep my interest in as I turned the pages. After Anywhere But Here, and her short stories, I kept looking at the cover to make sure it really was a Simpson book. None of the main characters pulled me in, and I never really got a feel for what this novel was about. The narration seemed clunky and uninspired - and much of it read like a first draft, the important parts having not been figured out and clarified yet. This had no energy to it, compared to her other work.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not a regular Mona Simpson novel.
Comment: Mona Simpson's spare writing style was often confusing. I couldn't keep the characters straight and had to reread passages. I struggled about a third of the way through and finally gave up when my mind began to wander. There's too many good novels on my reading stack to waste time on this one. Too bad. I liked Anywhere But Here.
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Title: The Second Coming of Steve Jobs by Alan Deutschman ISBN: 0767904338 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 11 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Anywhere but Here by Mona Simpson ISBN: 0679737383 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo by Paula Huntley ISBN: 1585422118 Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 10 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Steve Jobs, the Journey Is the Reward by Jeffrey S. Young ISBN: 155802378X Publisher: Lynx Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1988 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT by Ernest Hemingway ISBN: 0684818981 Publisher: Scribner Book Company Pub. Date: 20 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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