Middlesex. - Author Jeffrey Eugenides

[Bullwinkle925]

I'm almost to the middle (no pun intended) and am thoroughly enjoying the reading. I haven't read "The Virgin Suicides" by the same author. Have any here read either or both? Did you enjoy?
"Middlesex" is a genuine feast for me. I would have to say that for genuine story-telling, this book is up there for me with "Cold Mountain" and "Accordion Crimes".

[Momgonepostal]

1. I thought this was a great book

It's one of those I still think about every once in a while, even though I finished it ages ago.

I still haven't read The Virgin Suicides, either.

[GenDem]

2. I loved this book!

Read it last spring. One of my all time favorites.

[Goblinmonger]

3. Love that book.

Like the first post, this is one of those books that I think of every once in a while. Wait until you get to the end.

Clearly one of the best books I have ever read.

[GymDude]

4. I felt like it was two books in one.

The first half was amazing....the immigrant family, early days in Detroit..But when the narrator comes of age, it lost me and the magic was gone. I felt like I had read two different books by two different authors...

[Bullwinkle925]

5. hmmm - interesting ....

esp. when the main character was, indeed, 2 different persons. perhaps that is what the author intended, but it didn't hit me that way. this author is one amazing storyteller.

[smoogatz]

6. "The Virgin Suicides" is great.

It was (wrongly) attacked when it came out for being misogynistic--but only by people who think men shouldn't be allowed to write about women. Great book. Eugenides is a very funny guy in person, too.

[Lex]

7. I just finished this one last night.

My SO had been bugging me to read it since she'd read it recently.

Wow, I really thought it was great. It's over 500 pages, but it's epic in scope spanning the 3 generations.

[LisaM]

8. I read "Middlesex" and didn't like it in the least

I didn't think it was well written.

[Lex]

9. In what way? It won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2003.

Maybe the way it was written wasn't appealing to you personally?

[smoogatz]

11. Really? Good lord.

What do you consider good writing, then?

[WCGreen]

10. I read the book a while back and really enjoyed myself...

[non sociopath skin]

12. Enjoyed it tremendously. ...

... when I finally got round to reading it last year. Haven't got around to "Virgin Suicides" yet, though I liked the movie.

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