James P. White
Autor de Where Joy Resides: A Christopher Isherwood Reader
Sobre El Autor
Obras de James P. White
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- White, James Patrick
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1940
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
Miembros
Reseñas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 8
- Miembros
- 100
- Popularidad
- #190,120
- Valoración
- 3.2
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 20
Sad to say, that blurb was more exciting than the actual tale. Dewey and Alice are 16 years old when we first meet them circa 1966. The book covers not quite 2 years in their lives as they date and then decide to get married. The majority of the book covers their separate activities during the day of their evening wedding. It was excrutiating to read Dewey's self-centered, entitled behavior; his mother's and aunt's manipulativeness, and the lack of communication from his father & stepfather. Alice's change from being the smartest student in the school to daydreaming about how to please Dewey was degrading. The author seems to have a bone of contention with parent figures.
The only positive aspect of this book was it's short length (145 pages). The only reason it is rated as high as 2 1/2 is because it wasn't actively evil. Though, recognizing my depressed moood this day after reading it, I may have to reconsider that assessment.… (más)