I really enjoyed The Virgin Suicides, and loved Middlesex,
both by Jeffrey Eugenides, so when I caught wind of this release I
preordered the book. I'm shameless that way. Unfortunately I found it
not as good as Middlesex, but that isn't actually saying a whole lot because I was such a big fan of Middlesex. The Marriage Plot is almost a modern (eighties anyway) version of The Portrait of a Lady,
an intelligent young college senior torn between worldliness and two
different men makes a difficult decision, and finds herself wrong and
trapped in the end. Told from three different view points, the young
lady's and each of the young men in turn, the story is engaging and
enjoyable. Being set in the eighties, this will be especially enjoyabe
for anyone who lived through that decade. Eek. So I didn't find it as
good as Middlesex, it was still a fantastic read.Book 46 on my way to 52.
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