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Title: This is the only book by him lacking humanity.
Review: I have read "Letting Go" after reading "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Zuckerman Bound" and I felt bitterly let down by this book. It felt cold, devoid of any real humanity, as opposed to others that I've read. I was expecting fire and life and contradictions and I found lifeless characters and plot lines. It was everything but engaging. I believe Roth was "trying" something new here, a new literary approach, and it failed because it made him move away from his own fictive heart and soul-the deeply personal realm, the contradicting impulses in life, the soaring intelligence faced with the everyday compromises, the devastating sense of humour.
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