Title: The Hours: Most Overrated Novel of the 90s?
Product review: In a word: vacuous.Content: Does Cunningham add anything to the plot of "Mrs. Dalloway" except for reflexive criticisms of traditional lifestyles? This novel is like a bad cover version. And, to paraphrase Elmore Leonard, Cunningham seems to specialize in writing the type of passages which people "skip over."Style: Cunningham is a blandly elegant writer. He makes the serious mistake of quoting passages from "Mrs. Dalloway." Now, I am not convinced Woolf's writing is always completely successful, but she is undoubtedly highly original and thoughtful in her prose style and is brimming with things to say. The contrast was seriously damaging to Cunningham.That this novel won the Pulitzer Prize shows that the prize has become an entirely pr-driven affair. I actually picked up the book because I wanted to read it prior to seeing the movie with Meryl Streep. Now, I'm not planning on seeing the movie anymore.
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