Book: ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ by Robert James Waller – December 31st, 2017
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Dec.31, 2017, under Books
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
This depiction of, supposedly, true events is an uneven tale told through flashbacks. The biggest problem is that the flashbacks are so tightly interwoven it’s tough to know at times when what is happening. He could’ve just written a few pages more and easily solved this problem.
The characters are approached from such an emotional level, it makes it hard for me to believe two people could be so loopy. If this is a true story, I’d have to blame this on Waller.
As I complain of contemporary books being too long. This one is far too short to get a tale of adultery across while trying to justify the action with emotional silliness. At least, Waller could’ve tacked in a Debbie Macomber “Mrs. Miracle” character to make it all somewhat reasonable. Waller’s approach reminds me of Barbara Cartland and Macomber.
Bottom line: I don’t recommend this book. 4 out of ten points.
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