I will generally read anything, even while eating, but there were quite a few scenes here where I was basically reading through my fingers like I was watching a scary movie 😬
I know I'm late to the party, but better late than never, eh? I'm absolutely loving this book. I haven't read Irving since A Prayer for Owen Meany for a high school class (which I also loved, so I'm not really sure why it has taken me this long to pick up another Irving?!) The voice, the tone, the RANGE of this book! Also, re: the Photograph, et al, will absolutely haunt me forever. As will the whole gonorrhea thing 🥴 Really there's a lot of horrifying elements, but they're somehow softened with heart and humor? (The range!) Looking forward to reading part 2 (both Irving and your recap 😁)
Loved your recap! I also was unprepared for how graphic it would be. I'm pretty squeamish about childbirth stuff and some of the descriptions (like when he writes about "scraping" certain female organs) I felt a little light headed and like I was going to have birth trauma flashbacks Lol. But I am enjoying the story so far and I do love Homer and Dr. Larch. I've never seen the movie! I'm curious the see how WW2 plays into everything. And I'm worried Candy is going to break Homer's heart.
I remember the first time I read this I was on a lunch break and took out - yeah that was a mistake! No eating while reading Irving.
I will generally read anything, even while eating, but there were quite a few scenes here where I was basically reading through my fingers like I was watching a scary movie 😬
I know I'm late to the party, but better late than never, eh? I'm absolutely loving this book. I haven't read Irving since A Prayer for Owen Meany for a high school class (which I also loved, so I'm not really sure why it has taken me this long to pick up another Irving?!) The voice, the tone, the RANGE of this book! Also, re: the Photograph, et al, will absolutely haunt me forever. As will the whole gonorrhea thing 🥴 Really there's a lot of horrifying elements, but they're somehow softened with heart and humor? (The range!) Looking forward to reading part 2 (both Irving and your recap 😁)
Loved your recap! I also was unprepared for how graphic it would be. I'm pretty squeamish about childbirth stuff and some of the descriptions (like when he writes about "scraping" certain female organs) I felt a little light headed and like I was going to have birth trauma flashbacks Lol. But I am enjoying the story so far and I do love Homer and Dr. Larch. I've never seen the movie! I'm curious the see how WW2 plays into everything. And I'm worried Candy is going to break Homer's heart.
I would love to never hear the word “gritty” again!