This is my first Wally Lamb book and at times I liked it but at others, I didn't. He provides in-depth character development of the core characters (Orion Oh, Annie Oh and their three children). Each character has their own personal demons to deal with (Orion never knowing his father, Annie deali...
I'll make this short and sweet. Not worth the time it took to read it. Very disappointing. One reviewer wrote " does no one edit anymore"?? that is my feeling as well. Its long and cumbersome and has no interesting characters and (for example) I found myself skipping the 60+ pages of a thesis tha...
If a friend tells you that you should write a Christmas story, it doesn't always mean that you should write a Christmas story. It seemed like Lamb was going for a "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" storyline, but failed to deliver on the climactic ending. Instead, this novel was a scattering of sh...
This was a sweet, simple book that I could not put down. It was written like a memoir of a three month period in 1964 of a 5th grader. The events of the year were brought into the story as were the emotions, questions and of a young boy just beginning to wonder about sex and the responsibilite...
“I know it sounds crazy. I know this much is true.” Dominick Birdsey surveys the ruins of his life and must decide whether he can rebuild from the wreckage. Grievance and self-pity suffuse this veteran of many betrayals (of which he has been both victim and victimizer)."I never claimed I was lo...
Update: I found an old review I wrote about this book for an online book club I used to be in. I clearly hated it. Here it is, more or less in its entirety.To be blunt, I didn't like it. It's hard to know where to begin when explaining my dislike for 'She's Come Undone.' Wally Lamb, to be sure, w...