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4.0étoiles sur 5 An Acquired Taste, Nov. 21 2009
Par Gary R. Munn "PeaceLover" (Richmond, British Columbia Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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I guess John Irving must be an acquired taste. He hasn't had really great reviews on some of his books since Garp. Personally, I love his books. His quirky characters are always memorable, and more are created here. I was especially glad to see a return of a bear, wrestling, and Exeter Academy!! I look for them in every book Irving writes. In my opinion, one of the Great American Authors!!
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Not bad but could have been so much better, Janv. 17 2010
Par Andrea (Ontario, Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
Ce commentaire est de: Last Night in Twisted River (Hardcover)
John Irvings novels are in a class by themselves. There is no mistaking his stories for anyone elses and this is one of the reasons Ive always loved them. Yes, Irving tells essentially the same story in each novel but I think his talent lies in being able to sell you that story every time. It can be comforting to read one of his novels and recognize the recurring elements as you go. Last Night in Twisted River, then, is the ultimate comfort read for Irving fans; it has nearly every one of his favourite Irvingisms - I think Vienna and prostitutes are the only ones he left out.

This overabundance of recurring elements is, I believe, both the books greatest asset and its greatest weakness. The first third felt like vintage Irving, bringing back memories of Owen Meany and The World According to Garp. The final third was nearly as good and the chapter called Lady Sky was brilliant. It would almost work on its own as a short story and is, for me, the most memorable part of the novel.

The middle of the book is where things took a turn for the worse. The timeline became too confusing to keep straight and so many of those Irvingisms showed up that it became almost eye-rollingly predictable. If youve read all of the classic Irving novels, its difficult not to make those connections and see whats coming next.

Heres what bothered me most about this novel: in The World According to Garp, what I really loved were the original stories that Garp wrote. In Twisted River, Irving develops a very similar character in Daniel but rather than original work, the plots of Daniels novels bear a remarkable resemblance to those of Irvings early novels (and are released in almost the same order). Also, *mild spoiler alert* the novel Daniel is working on for the last part of the book turns out to be this exact novel, Last Night in Twisted River, with repeated sentences and everything. This was somewhat disappointing knowing how much more original it could have been. *end spoiler*

All in all, if you are already an Irving fan, this mostly an enjoyable read  just dont expect it to be up to the calibre of Garp or Owen Meany. And if you havent read an Irving novel yet, dont start with this one.
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I had a hard go with this book. John Irving and I have a "twisted" relationship, in that I love some books (Cider House Rules) and...others, not so much. What put me off from the get-go in this one was what I am calling "editing errors," where was the copy editor when major errors like a contusion the size of a baseball arising on a woman's head...after she was dead!? Or, the use of home clothes dryers in a cookhouse in the NH backwoods...in 1954? Not very likely. Or, no police investigation when a logger is drowned or an Indian woman "disappears." There might have been reasons for all of this--and Mr. Irving strives hard to give us reasons--but the overall effect is of causing us to lose interest or to get annoyed or to wish we hadn't paid full price for the book. Sadly, although Irving does quirky characters extraordinarily well, this book reads like a well-known author who isn't getting the editing he needs and deserves anymore, and it's showing up in the errors and inconsistencies in the text. What comes across then, instead of a seamless quirkiness that is pleasure to read, it reads more like "I have a kooky plot I want to use, now let's see if I can bend and twist the characters and events to fit my plot." When this works, it's brilliant. When it's a half-hearted affair, like Last Night in Twisted River, it's very disappointing.
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HAVE LONG BEEN A FAN OF J.IRVING, BUT IF THIS HAD'VE BEEN THE FIRST BOOK I EVER TOOK UP,I WOULD NEVER HAVE BOUGHT ANOTHER. TEDIUM TO THE NTH DEGREE, WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT! Lisez davantage
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