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February 15, 2021
Wolff's powerful writing comes in her ability to craft characters we well I feel I know them, that they are in the room with me. She has an incredible ear for dialogue and writing about scenes where seven characters dine together (with a TV on in the background, adding to the dialogue) she handles with clarity and scale.
I read this novel in three days--perfect because the action takes place over three days. In that time, lives unravel, wander, fumble, and gain momentum. Wolff shows the loneliness that can rut a life as well as the passion that gives life a rutting chance.
This is the seventh book that I've read of Wolff's; now, I have read all of her novels. Buttonwood is stronger than Anderson's, Winesburg, Ohio, in creating naturalism of scene and characters with dimension and personality. Plot? Not so much. Read a thriller or mystery. A Wolff novel is to entire a family dinner and all the dynamics and nuance that come with that.
She was a remarkable writer, just the kind of novels I love!
I read this novel in three days--perfect because the action takes place over three days. In that time, lives unravel, wander, fumble, and gain momentum. Wolff shows the loneliness that can rut a life as well as the passion that gives life a rutting chance.
This is the seventh book that I've read of Wolff's; now, I have read all of her novels. Buttonwood is stronger than Anderson's, Winesburg, Ohio, in creating naturalism of scene and characters with dimension and personality. Plot? Not so much. Read a thriller or mystery. A Wolff novel is to entire a family dinner and all the dynamics and nuance that come with that.
She was a remarkable writer, just the kind of novels I love!
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