A date with Eugenides

 

A New York Times Notable Book of 2011
A Publisher's Weekly Top 10 Book of 2011
A Kirkus Reviews Top 25 Best Fiction of 2011 Title
One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2011
One of The Telegraph’s Best Fiction Books of the Year 2011

I done reading this last night.

I enjoyed reading this book - like how I did his other 3 books. He made it very involving and thoughtful. To compare his previous-Middlesex, this is not a masterpiece (I must say) but eminently readable and certainly it brought up experience of the late twentieth century distinct and vibrant. I enjoy how brilliantly the narrator bring all characters to life. You instantly attached to this story.

To remind you, this is a literature novel, do not expect to read a literary novel if you looking for something fun and relax. You will know that the writer put a lot of reading before he done with this one- is the genre form of which that work is representative. It is about people and love.

Despite my excitement to finish and to know the ending, I am saddened by the fact that I done with this book. I hate this feeling when I have to pick a new book and ride another journey. Okay I may sound dramatic a little bit, but since I moved here 7 months ago, book is my best-friend. When I am lonely, worry, and most importantly when I am so low self esteem; thinking why I've been put up here, when I have so much to prove there, feeling so vulnerable, hopeless if I may put it, I turned to book. It calmed me down. Am I depress? Maybe.

But after reading so much (not that I brag about it but it knocked some sense in my head-so I wish), and trying to accept whatever it is happening in this life, I am asking myself, is it even all worth it? Who am I trying to impress now? I stop blaming long time ago but I never make peace to myself. Maybe this is not what I want after-all? Am I obliged to fulfill someone else dream? - I am just tired but not physically, emotionally. No wonder I always blame people who bring happiness to me because, I am scared it's not real after-all.

I learned, to get through this life you only have yourself to rely on. Not even your parents, so take charge- I told myself. But do I have courage to? But, come back to The Marriage Plot, please have a good time reading it, be patience while you doing that.