tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post3291006626710507974..comments2024-03-24T09:36:51.494-04:00Comments on delagar: The Graduate: A Partial Book Reviewdelagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-21886885431257038952014-06-03T21:05:00.798-04:002014-06-03T21:05:00.798-04:00Privilege--that's an understatement. What I re...Privilege--that's an understatement. What I remember about the movie is that Elaine has exactly two choices: marry Benjamin or marry the other guy. Two. Choices. She's going to Berkeley so that the movie can have a road trip, and she drops out, jettisoning her future, so it can have a happy ending of sorts.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-57988455897179939462014-05-29T12:36:32.131-04:002014-05-29T12:36:32.131-04:00Agreed. Updike is an asshole. I am guessing he got...Agreed. Updike is an asshole. I am guessing he got popular through some sort of mass patriarchal conspiracy. I read his first Rabbit book and hated every minute of it. I don't even know why I finished it -- maybe to see if the guy was punished or not. I was astounded to hear that there was a series about that douche bag. Ugh. Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-7555058063231908212014-05-28T21:56:54.959-04:002014-05-28T21:56:54.959-04:00OMG, yes, John Updike.
I've never made it all...OMG, yes, John Updike.<br /><br />I've never made it all the way through any of his novels. I've finished short stories, but even those I can't see what the fuss is over. Everything he does, thirty or forty other writers have already done, and much better.delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-61860448006017873632014-05-27T22:16:23.991-04:002014-05-27T22:16:23.991-04:00I feel about the same way about everything I'v...I feel about the same way about everything I've read by John Updike. I find him insufferable. I have no idea why he's so popular. Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.com