I'll take you there

a novel

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Wally Lamb: I'll take you there (2016)

329 pages

English language

Published Nov. 10, 2016

ISBN:
978-0-06-265747-3
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OCLC Number:
951761121

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2 stars (1 review)

Film scholar Felix Funicello from Wishin' and Hopin' is confronted by the ghost of a Hollywood silent film director who invites him to revisit scenes from his past and gain insights into the lives of three women who indelibly shaped his life.

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2 stars

This was another disappointment for me. I really liked Lamb's older works but haven't enjoyed his more recent ones.

I found this book disjointed. The plot holding together Lamb's pronouncements about the plight of women and the need for feminism was very thin, and I found his use of ghosts to discuss historical examples of women's inequality silly and contrived. As a result, much of the story was almost straight exposition (telling vs showing), and so it was eminently put-down-able.

This is unfortunate. I know Lamb has talent and skill, but I think lately he has allowed the story to be overshadowed by the message.

Subjects

  • Motion pictures
  • Influence
  • Fiction
  • Families
  • Women