Tis: A Memoir by Frank McCourt Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Tis: A Memoir
Book Review: 'Tis
Summary: 5 Stars
A must read. It's funny, warm, serious and he's finally out of the Irish slums. I truly enjoyed it. The only thing wrong with it was I would have liked it to be twice as long; its that good a read.Book Review: 'Tis
Summary: 1 Stars
Having fallen in love with Frnak McCourt's literary genuis after reading "Angela's Ashes", I looked forward to reading "'Tis". A friend of mine had bought the book and loaned it to me.
I was really enjoying it until I reached page 33...where it all just went berserk!! Page numbers, chapters, all out of sequence and NO WAY to rectify it to even make it readable. Here's how the pages go: page 33(supposedly END of chapter 4) then on the back of page 33 begins 42 (and the beginning of chapter 7)!! the next page is 35,and on the back of THAT page is 38...AND the beginning of chapter 6!!! And on and on it goes...and there is no way to make sense of it, nor to READ it.
What a disappointment...and what a disservice to a wonderful author!!
And SHAME on Simon and Schuster!!!! And WHAT A RIP-OFF!!!
Book Review: 'Twas a dissapointment
Summary: 3 Stars
The memory of the sheer enjoyment I had in reading Angela's Ashes slowly and painstakingly became dissipated as I plodded through `Tis.
`Twas it because the author in Angela's Ashes was in and remained in, the child-perspective zone while writing A.A. and in `Tis was writing in the grown-up-perspective zone? `Twas it that in Angela's Ashes there was a central theme, which I would call `suffering' and in `Tis I could detect no central theme; even the suffering was gone? `Twas it because in America the author had it too good? `Twas it that the abundance of humanity in A.A. had vanished in `Tis? `Twas it that as author you can only once mourn the loss of your mother by writing A.A. and then there is nothing left to write? 'Twas it that in the process of integrating into a new country he needed to lose contact with his own roots? `Twas it....
I think the author is a child at heart and that's where he feels free to express himself. I think at that place lies his great creativity and in particular his monumental and unforgettable work, Angela's Ashes. Angela's Ashes made me feel young again. Thank you Mr. McCourt.
Book Review: A sometimes whiny yet heart-breaking sequel
Summary: 5 Stars
Oh my word. I don't know what most reviewers are talking about. Tis is a true gift to readers who're interested in the author's life. Angela's Ashes had more poetry while Tis has more modern day cynicism being caged to a life imposes. In transparent words, this is the book where McCourt grows up in the USA. It's about his odd and awkward days of longing for women and wondering why he was the odd one out, about days when he wanted to be disconnected from his family and despite not being poor, the author finds himself in another predicament of missing Limerick, Ireland.
Frank McCourt is my favourite author. I don't know about writing styles because I've never read many books but Tis truly broke my heart a few times and it made me laugh out loud atleast six times. In my opinion, it is a bit criminal to say that this book is better than Angela's Ashes but I must admit I enjoyed reading this even more.
Do me a favour and ignore all the negative reviews. Arm chair critics wouldn't know better.
Book Review: Disappointed. Reads like it was copied from a daily log.
Summary: 2 Stars
All the sentiment, emotion and spirit of Angela's Ashes is gone and in it's place is a tale of resentment and anger. I thought Angela's Ashes was written with a sense of pride and understanding but neither can be found in McCourt's TIS. TIS contains too much whining and complaining and not enough inspiration to be recommended. This book is depressing enough to make Oprah Winfrey's book list.