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Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving
Apr. 5th, 2016 07:42 pmSo, we had a colleague over for dinner in December and spent a wonderful evening talking about favorite books and favorite authors. Jon's favorite author is John Irving; I read The World According to Garp about 15 years ago and remember enjoying it (although I don't think I'd be able to read it now because of child death as a prominent plot point) but remember little else about the book or Irving's writing style.
We don't normally exchange Christmas gifts with Jon, but he surprised me with Irving's latest book, and now that I have read it, I have to come up with good things to say about it as the gift was very thoughtful and kind.
So, the good stuff first.
( SPOILERS )
However, I feel as if this is a book that only a white guy of a certain age could love (which will not feature in my discussion of this book with Jon as he is indeed a white guy of a certain age).
( SPOILERS )
So, not my favorite, but I did cry a couple three times, so that's a point in Irving's favor.
We don't normally exchange Christmas gifts with Jon, but he surprised me with Irving's latest book, and now that I have read it, I have to come up with good things to say about it as the gift was very thoughtful and kind.
So, the good stuff first.
( SPOILERS )However, I feel as if this is a book that only a white guy of a certain age could love (which will not feature in my discussion of this book with Jon as he is indeed a white guy of a certain age).
( SPOILERS )So, not my favorite, but I did cry a couple three times, so that's a point in Irving's favor.
