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Chattanooga (2011)

by Chet Raymo(Favorite Author)

2.9 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0983681007 (ISBN13: 9780983681007)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Platypus Multimedia

review 1: I came across this on Amazon.com and had to purchase it (cost only $4.99). It's a novel set in Chattanooga during WWII. I started it right away and so far, it's pretty good.* * * * *This book was tripe, mostly about sexual fantasies and dysfunction in a large family of pure idiots. The authors, a father and son, I believe, have written a score of other books. I wouldn't waste my time with any of them. Many place names from Chattanooga were used, and it's obvious the authors are familiar with the area, but I felt the setting was gratuitous, plot was rife with prejudice (which of course did exist), and the story did not do any justice to "our fair city."
review 2: Chattanooga uses a clever format in which each chapter is told through the eyes of a different ... morecharacter, and each character is an essential part of the mosaic which makes up a unique and dysfunctional household. As we weave through the story, we witness the same events through varying viewpoints, and realize just how much our rendition of things is based upon selective memory.The characters each have a distinct, unique flavour, accentuated by differing dialects, accumulated baggage and a clearly separate way of looking at the world. The strength in the depiction of the characters is in the stark appraisal of their humanity. Some characters are more favourably portrayed than others, yet none are spared a harsh revelation of their weaknesses. But we are also witness to their strengths, no matter how frail they appear at times.We learn that the most intricate ties are not solely based on the physical structures in which we are housed, but still carry on, even when these physical edifices are torn down, albeit differently. The ending is a simple and fitting testimony to the subtle manner in which we touch each other at times.It is not easy interweaving the testimonies of the individual characters and maintaining the momentum of the unravelling plot, at times. Although I felt myself carried along during the first half of the book, I found that things struggled through the next few chapters, but was caught up again as things began to come together towards the end.If you enjoy character driven plots and an unusual approach to story telling, I think this is a book you will want to read. less

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