Title: I thought I'd die of boredom!
Product review: I hope the reviewer who said that Anne Tyler diavowed this book was right - it was a real snoozer! The characters were shallow, two-dimensional at best, and the pace was atrociously slow. I had to force myself to finish it, so I could give it a fair chance while discussing it at my book club meeting. Surely, even in the South in the era in which this was set, people had some feelings, some purpose in life, some rational thought processes that guided their lives. These characters seemed to have none of these. From Ben Joe (where was he from the time he finished college to the start of law school?) to his vacuous sisters, no character stood out as definable in my eyes. And how was it that Shelley could so easily go from one love to another, agreeing to marry someone she hadn't seen in years, and who proposed so hastily and half-heartedly? I wanted to change the name of this book to: "If the End of This Book Ever comes, I'll Be Happy."
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