Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The meandering is part of his writing style. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

Also: bears, New England prep schools, wrestling, unusual family dynamics, and sexual/gender exploration all seem to be common themes.

I went through a John Irving phase and read a lot of his books. I would skip whole sections where he veered off into wrestling, bears, etc. and never missed anything crucial to the plot.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The meandering is part of his writing style. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

Also: bears, New England prep schools, wrestling, unusual family dynamics, and sexual/gender exploration all seem to be common themes.