The Corrections (Abridged) Audiobook

" It's difficult to separate my opinion of this work from my opinion on Jonathan Franzen as a literary/pop culture figure. That aside, I find it difficult to think of a 2-page labyrinthine sentence as a demonstration of skill and not a feat of authorial masturbation. "

" Spectacularly clever: incisively dissecting, but with obvious affection and charity, all the weird shit we do to each other in families. "

" By now Franzen has become one of my favourite authors. Even if I believe life is a bit mor beautiful than what he depicts, but scary to see how terrifying every day real life can be. "

" took longer to read than I had planned...not for lack of interest...just lack of time...but it was worth the wait!!! "

" Interesting but so long. "

" one of my favorites of all time. "

" Could not bring myself to finish it - I found it awful! I couldn't relate to any of the characters and didn't feel anything but disgust for the whole family...I'm not sure how I read over half of it! "

" Meh I wasn't in the mood for this book. "

" I can't believe I finally finished this book. I've been trying for 2 years!! It probably would have been better if I would have just stuck with it. "

" I really liked The Corrections. Certain parts were hard to get through because the characters were so irritating. Reading The Corrections felt like a friend was sharing anecdotes from 'back home.' "

" I really struggled with this book and gave up at page 140. I really wanted to like this book but maybe my struggle is because I didn't like the characters. They were awfully self-obsessed and oblivious to anyone but themselves. I also found Franzen's writing style quite jarring. "

" Interesting, but just not my style. "

" I bailed about halfway through. Franzen certainly is in love with the sound of his own voice, to the detriment of story. It might have been ultimately going somewhere, but it took me 250 pages to realize that I didn't care where it went. Life's too short. "

" Best book I've ever read. Hands down. "

" Superb! A great American novel for our time "

" Much better than expected and so well written that it was really hard to put it down. "

" For the most part, the story is engaging, however, it never really develops into anything. He's a great writer, though. Some of his prose blew me away. "

" Could have been written with 300 pages-- seemed never ending. "

" His circular writing style and challenging vocabulary drew me in and kept me going. I didn't like any of the characters, but that is okay with me. I could not wait to find out how Enid's Christmas would work out. Dysfunctional family masterpiece. "

" pretty on the money "

" Lives up to the hype...accessible and literary. Although I almost gave this four stars because of his diva fit over being chosen as an Oprah's book club selection. "

" Great book - Franzen is especially adept in portraying the three male characters: Alfred, Chip and Gary. Authentic fiction at its best. "

" I love disfunction. "

" I closed my eyes and sighed silently to myself about 200 times reading this book. "

" I think Franzen is my favorite contemporary fiction writer. I like Freedom better but still a very solid, entertaining, thought-provoking read. "

" People liked this better than freedom.....to those people I ask why????? "

" I really had trouble slogging through this and ended up putting it down early on. I hated the characters and how dysfunctional they were. I realize that is the point of the book, but the writing couldn't keep me. And I read just about everything to the end. "

" this book was so entertaining, and it was different from anything else i have read. it was so funny, in a sad way. i loved it. "

" I wanted to read some Jonathan Franzen to see what all the fuss was about. This was ok. It was an interesting character study but I wasn't blown away or anything. I thought the whole thing in Lithuania was a little strange and out of place. I think it was just a little long. "

" Brilliant destruction of an average American family. "

" I really enjoyed "Freedom" but gave up on this one because it was so damn depressing "

" Compelling and unsettling look into the guts of a real American family. Like Philip Roth's American Pastoral is strips bare what really happens in families. "

" It did get a little weird at one point with the talking (you-know-whats) but man, I really loved this book.<br/><br/> "

" Didn't enjoy this nearly as much as Freedom. Alfred's rambling psychotic hallucinations were totally lost on me. "

" Everyone I talked to loved this book but the author tries way too hard to &quot;write well&quot; and it comes off reading like some pseudo intellectual hipster whining about his family. "

" I guess I like books that can make me laugh, cry and feel embarassed about some of the human traits that I and most humans share. This book makes me want to gid rid of stuff! That's a good thing. "

" Not a single likable character, way over-written, completely disjointed. Basically a mess. "