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Possibly the only book I've ever read that I threw across the room the minute I was done. The only reason I kept reading was that I simply couldn't believe the wheel wasn't going to turn, that the characters weren't going to evolve, that somehow, from the depths of self-centeredness, there wouldn't be a reconciliation. No. Didn't happen. No one's soul became whole. No one moved in consciousness. There was one self-pitying implosion after another, all to the detriment of someone else. Of all the myriad things literature can bring to us to move us forward, utter stasis is what this one brings. Completely infuriating.
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House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
peachesembarcadero, November 1, 2006
Possibly the only book I've ever read that I threw across the room the minute I was done. The only reason I kept reading was that I simply couldn't believe the wheel wasn't going to turn, that the characters weren't going to evolve, that somehow, from the depths of self-centeredness, there wouldn't be a reconciliation. No. Didn't happen. No one's soul became whole. No one moved in consciousness. There was one self-pitying implosion after another, all to the detriment of someone else. Of all the myriad things literature can bring to us to move us forward, utter stasis is what this one brings. Completely infuriating.(23 of 55 readers found this comment helpful)