A Home at the End of the World: A Novel by Michael Cunningham
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Book Reviews of A Home at the End of the World: A Novel
Book Review: I Really Enjoyed This
Summary: 5 Stars
I did not know anything about this book, when I bought it. I had read The Hours and enjoyed it, so when I saw the author had wrote another book, I naturally wanted to read it. Having said that, I am NOT an emotional person, but I laughed and cried throughout this novel. Many people have focused their reviews on the homosexual aspect of this book. Being a straight male, I didn't find this theme all that shocking. The scenes that were sexual in nature were in good taste and not overblown. This book is so much more than a "gay novel". The novel is about love, loss, friendship and bonds that may get temporarily broken, but never die. I can't say enough good things about this book. Some have criticized the second half of the book being slower than the first. This is somewhat true, but I never found the book boring, and found that I really cared about the characters and what happened to them. I am still trying to decide whether or not to see the movie, I don't know if I will be disappointed with the adaptation of the novel.Book Review: Very satisfying Read
Summary: 5 Stars
'At Home' is not exactly how I'd call the moment when the book concludes, but the process we are invted to participate in these compelling 300 plus pages, is at home, as interiorised as we could expect from literature. I haven't read a lot of Cunningham. Only his Specimen Days which feels more contrived than this earlier work, more arty, if you like. If you've shared a healthy dose of the period in which the novel evokes you'll sympathise with the brilliance of the author's meticulous descriptions. Cunningham lists the soundtrack of the era, the Doors, the Van Morrisons whatever to help us along the trajectory. The very reservations and acceptances of the generational attitudes to homosexual couplings is unparalled, so far as my reading has taken me. And the triangulated thing takes me into unexplored territory. The inter-generational manouverings are poignant though I was less convinced, less involved when the final Woodstock setting arrived.Book Review: another great novel by Cunnigham
Summary: 5 Stars
This was my second novel by Cunnigham, the first being The Hours which I wanted to read after seeing the movie. I loved The Hours so much that I was afraid to be disappoited by any other novel of the same author. However, A Home at the End of the World turned out to be at least as good, which led me to reading Flesh and Blood and wanting to read everything else Cunnighham has written. And I will definitely want to reread A Home every now and then, which is why I decided to buy it and now rely on libraries.Book Review: Strong, Lyrical. Commanding.
Summary: 5 Stars
This writing is so strong, lyrical and commanding, that I am almost able to forget how much I dislike the story. Two boyhood friends fall in love without their parents' knowledge, which leads to a series of events that highlight each characters' insecurity with their life in this world. What exactly is the purpose? Will I ever "know" people and feel at home? Who am I supposed to love?
-- Reviewed by Jonathan Stephens
Book Review: The reading test
Summary: 5 Stars
I learned about this novel through a Chinese student inquiry to a forum where I lend assistance to international English students. I was so impressed by the author's skill that I bought a copy for my self. It is a perfect reading for the under 35 generation and future generations. It tells a modern story. It tells it in a writing style that has survived he ages. It is written for reading.