Ambrose
7/11/2023
During the time I was finishing this book I was reading a couple of reviews of it and I came accross one that really summed up how I thought about it. The review compared this book to a sugar cookie by saying that they could understand why it was so importamt, that all the prose and deep meanings were there and that they knew why it was so genre defining, and yet, that it was still a sugar cookie. Not a bad cookie, but not a cookie you would choose first, it was a cookie you might pick up if you see it, or might not, depending on the circumstances. I really liked that comparison. Becuase I never latched onto this book, I was kinda just along for the ride, but flying above the ride. It took me a long time to get through it, and it's not that long of a book. I never really connected with the characters, but Eleanor is a very well written character I admit that. I can see why people get excited about this book even if I don't. It deserves to be a classic, even if I wasn't enthralled. Everything is there, I'm still confused why it didn't all connect for me.