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Michael Chabon: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (2000, Picador)

The novel begins in 1939 with the arrival of 19-year-old Josef "Joe" Kavalier as a …

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Not for me.

My biggest problem with this book was the female character, Rosa. Even though she had a fair-sized part in the book, and parts were told FROM her POV, she still managed to not exist as a human outside of her relation to the men in her life. This is no particular surprise and it’s certainly nothing new, but I’m just tired of reading books that are written this way.

This book is very well-written, though fairly predictable, and the characters aren’t flat at all... But it does make me sad that I know so many people who love this story, yet no one even seemed to notice the way Rosa’s character was approached.