Review of
Instaread Summary of Commonwealth A Novel by Ann Patchett
Five out of five stars
As you read the
summary section, it is easy to get the feeling that the information is being
delivered by a heavily caffeinated fast talker. There are many main characters,
the action bounces across decades (50 years) of time and the interactions
within and between the two families are complex. This is demonstrated by the
list of main characters, which has fifteen entries and it seems clear that they
all should be in the list.
Even though
this summary is over twenty pages long, once it was completed I did not believe
that I was exposed to any true spoilers due to the complexity. The author of
the summary makes two very significant points in the “Author’s style” segment.
“Commonwealth’s
plot unfolds gradually and nonlinearly.”
“This novel’s slow focusing process registers the way
life’s events often only begin to make sense long after they’re past.”
Given the complexity of the plot and the slow pace of
delivery, the end result of reading this summary was that I have no interest in
reading the book.
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