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Title: Something missing
Review: If there's one flaw Irving's books *usually* suffer from, it's over-writing... Sometimes the character development gets a bit overdone and the plot progress grinds to a halt. However, this go-around Irving seems to suffer from the exact opposite: his characters are under-written... I found no compelling reason to like the Mrs. Clausen character, no understanding of why Wallingford cared for her so much, no sympathy for any character other than Dr. Zajac (who wasn't in the book much, unfortunately), and no interest in the developing love story. The whole 'mysticism' (the best way I can put it) surrounding Mrs. Clausen's motivation for donating her husband's hand, Otto and Patrick's reoccurring (and intertwining)dreams (especially that of the blue pill) just seemed like sloppy writing: Irving started to develop an idea, and then it just died midway through.Definitely disappointed with this one.
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