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Apr 12, 2022kkraines rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
depressingly sexist. thought it would turn out to be a commentary on sexism and yet … would not recommend. Disappointed because I really enjoyed Middlesex and some of his other work!!
Jul 31, 2020steelemily rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I can't believe I finished this book. I wish I could go back in time to my past self and dissuade her from making the mistake of ever starting it, let alone persisting until the end. I kept hoping the impenetrable flatness of the…
Sep 27, 2017singasong70 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Wordy.Liked it over all, re: spiritual quest however, character flirts with Christianity but does not talk about sin, forgiveness thereof; woman in Greece - about emotion in worship, not forgiveness; seeker(s) of gifts (both) not the giver…
brianreynolds
Feb 21, 2017brianreynolds rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I'll admit there were times when a little less psychology/theology/ philosophy might have improved the feast for me, but a feast it was. The three characters of the triangular romance might have lacked the heroic mantles of comic book…
Feb 18, 2017Soundreader rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Wow. If only books matched the reviews of people who were paid to write them. Not the case with this book. I honestly have not liked any of Eugenides books but this one is dreadful. Boring, pompous, and pointless. Written for people with…
Sep 29, 2016spantell rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Only got half way through. I thought it was auto-biographical, with one character representing the author's experience as a young man. Entertaining for a while but then got dull. Character driven is fine but this is not insightful.
Jun 03, 2016TSCPL_ChrisB rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Unlike Middlesex, which was very plot-centered, The Marriage Plot is almost solely character driven. If you like the three main characters—everyone else in the novel is very forgettable—you'll likely enjoy the novel. Without that…
Jan 13, 2016dbrh852 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed Middlesex. This one, not so much. I struggled to read it through to the very end, hoping I would be rewarded with something worthy of my time. It never got better.
Oct 29, 2015smichal rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
horrible. Can't believe that the author of The Virgin Suicides wrote this. I'm only half way thru. Not sure if I'll be able to finish it. No character is likable. They're all just miserable and boring, talking about theology, literature…
Aug 04, 2015sonoraanne rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Didn't finish, boring
Jul 21, 2015dusyaka rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I like this novel and couldn't stop to read it till the end. A lot of details, interesting discussions and a lot of things to think about.
Jul 03, 2015Liselara rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
The problem that exists when academics write novels is that they must quote at least a hundred other authors to support their point. Novels aren't university essays; character and plot development is required; story matters. When an…
Dec 02, 2014Lucky_Luke rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Love triangle, academia, mental illness - this novel has all the true markings of a great one.
Nov 16, 2014LucasHill rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Decent, but rather disappointing in comparison to The Virgin Suicides and, especially, Middlesex.
Oct 16, 2014vholda225 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Really boring. I've heard good things about his other books but this was not good. I'm about 100 pages in and the book keeps putting me to sleep. I don't like giving up on books so maybe I'll come back to it later but this is just...a bad…
Oct 07, 2014PCimba rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I loved "Middlesex" so I was really looking forward to this book. After 2 attempts, I have finally given up.
Sep 13, 2013ParnassusReads rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
As a former English major & grad student, I’m a big fan of books about academia, especially if it’s about other English majors. I finally picked up Jeffrey Eugenides’s The Marriage Plot after finding it in hard cover at a book warehouse…
Meeeeeee
Sep 13, 2013Meeeeeee rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
If you like to read the background of charaters then this book is for you.
Jul 15, 2013
so disappointing esp. after middlesex. memorable only in its disappointment.
crankylibrarian
Jan 14, 2013crankylibrarian rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Truly as wonderful as the reviews and its reputation suggest. 3 highly intelligent, yet flawed Brown University grads cope with their expectations for life and love, while coming to grip with their own shortcomings. A beautiful novel.
Jan 07, 2013
Ugh. The writing was beautiful and filled with fantastic detail, but I put it away halfway through because I just couldn't get behind ANY of the characters. I actually hated the three main ones and couldn't stomach spending time with them…
Dec 28, 2012megaculpa rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Tragic and hilarious by turns, with three compelling characters, a semester's worth of ideas and a magical sense of time and place. What more could one ask for in a novel?
thordora
Nov 23, 2012thordora rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
If you're expecting Middlesex, just go back and read Middlesex. I enjoyed this, but it just doesn't give me the same compelling drive to read that his previous novels did.
Oct 11, 2012sharon711 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A young college grad, Madeleine Hanna, pens an English lit thesis that posits people wouldn’t know how to fall in love and marry if it weren’t for novels that described this experience (See opening quote).There are two young men in her…
Sep 27, 2012sharon711 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A young college grad, Madeleine Hanna, pens an English lit thesis that posits people wouldn’t know how to fall in love and marry if it weren’t for novels that described this experience (See opening quote).There are two young men in her…