Run
by Ann Patchett
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Author: Ann PatchettEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
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Published: 2007-09-25
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Harper
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Book Review: Enjoyable and Well Written
Summary: 4 Stars
RUN is my first novel by Ann Patchett and I enjoyed it for the most part. This is a well written book with interesting situations and characters. Unlike some other literary novels I have tried, this book has a well-structured plot and is surprisingly fast-paced (almost everything takes place over a 24-hour period).
As other reviewers have noted, RUN has a bit of a contrived quality, like a TV-movie of the week. I think Patchett wanted to tackle a lot of difficult emotional themes with this work, but ends up dealing with many of them too quickly and superficially. That being said, I ended up enjoying the novel anyway, since I genuintely liked all the major characters in this book, who are portrayed as flawed yet decent people.
Although this has been promoted as a literary work, I would probably classify this novel more as a work of commercial fiction, in the vein of Anita Shreve or Jodi Picoult. If you like those authors, you may want to give RUN a try. My understanding is that Patchett's BEL CANTO is far superior to this book, so I'll have to give that title a try in the near future.
Three and a half stars.
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