Divisadero
by Michael Ondaatje
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Author: Michael OndaatjeEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Deckle Edge
Published: 2007-05-29
ISBN: 0307266354
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Knopf
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Book Review: "I Went to a Fight, and a Hockey Game Broke Out" or "Two Halves May Not Equal a Whole"
Summary: 3 Stars
Several reviewers have mistakenly asserted here that this book is "about" three children who grow up together on a ranch and then go their separate ways, but of course it's not. That's because after sketching out their story, the author drops it completely in favor of another, about a poet and novelist in France during the early part of the twentieth century.
Symbolism and parallelism often help to reinforce and illuminate themes raised by a novel's plot, but here the author thins out the plot until these elements stick out like the ribs on a starving child. While some readers may admire this device, others might prefer a little more meat on the bones.
I am giving this book three stars because the writing was elegant and lyrical enough to hold my interest to the end. I can't give it a higher rating, however, because when I got to the end my reaction was "Oh. That's it." I didn't even feel cheated that the author never took his original story farther, because by the time I got to the end I had almost forgotten those characters.
The same may be said of the whole book. Like a daydream, it holds one's interest while in progress, and then afterwards disappears without a trace. Don't expect to see an Oscar-winning movie made from this one.
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