Title: A death march
Product review: I too am a devoted John Irving fan who treasures "Owen Meaney," "Cider House," "Son of A Circus" and the like. So it was with great anticipation (and trepidation, 800+ pages!) that I started "Until I Find You." And it is with great sadness that I join the others here who found the book to be a disappointment. I never connected or felt empathy for Jack Burns. The only character I rooted for was Emma and the novel falls apart soon after she departs. For the first time in one of his novels, Irving is trying too hard to impress us with detail. Characters are introduced with mind-numbing detail within less than 100 pages of the end of the book; characters who ultimately add nothing to the narrative or atmosphere of the book. I too was bored and finished it out of obstinance, not out of any sense of curiosity. This book could have been edited down to two-thirds its length, but alas, what would have been left wouldn't have been much of a novel anyway. I cannot recommond this.
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