Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Audrey Niffenegger: Her Fearful Symmetry

Well written, but the supernatural elements were just terrible and overall it's like a hate letter to the human race, so focused on how awful everyone is to each other. I disliked it the way I dislike Sinclair Lewis and all that mid-century American mainstream literature of divorce and dismay. How can someone who wrote the unspeakably gorgeous Time Traveler's Wife turn 180 degrees and hate people so much? Not recommended unless you're looking for dread and misanthropy. Though again, beautifully written! But like a brilliantly executed oil painting of the prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib.

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