Title: Couldn't finish it
Product review: I have read just about every word of fiction Jane Smiley has published (even read the Greenlanders!)--except the last 2/3 of this book. It felt claustrophobic and forced, way too talky and the sex was, um, ewww. I feel bad because I look forward to a new book by her the way I look forward to sweet corn in August. But, to stretch this food comparison a little farther, I found reading 10 Days like eating a bowl of wasabi peas, as opposed to her other books, which are like biting into a fresh peach. If you are new to Jane Smiley, may I recommend Horse Heaven, surely her most underrated book. It's epic and funny and entertaining and informative. Let's hope her next book is big and juicy and satisfying and not like some thesis topic gone awry.
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