My BookClub Reviews » revolutionary road http://mybookclubreviews.com Reviews of Books Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:05:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Revolutionary Road – Richard Yates http://mybookclubreviews.com/2009/05/13/revolutionary-road-richard-yates-2/ http://mybookclubreviews.com/2009/05/13/revolutionary-road-richard-yates-2/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 12:13:06 +0000 admin http://mybookclubreviews.com/?p=172 Well I finished and my thoughts are in a bit of a muddle. My first thought was that I hated the ended (and that only a man could come up with that ending). However, I’ve left it to simmer in my mind for a bit before deciding definitely if I liked it or not.

I thought Frank’s interior thoughts were brilliantly written (it is unusual for me to read a book with a – predominately – male point of view) and it was worth reading simply for the portrayal of the Wheeler’s relationship – such an earnest young couple.

Having written that I still found the ending too disturbing to recommend this novel to anyone.

I really bought this novel because I was keen to see the movie – I probably won’t see the movie now.

Here are some links for more…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Road

http://thebookladysblog.com/2008/12/10/book-review-revolutionary-road-by-richard-yates/

Next up The Secret Scriptures by Sebastian Barry.

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I’m reading this … and loving it, but more later.

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