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Being Polite To Hitler (2011)

by Robb Forman Dew(Favorite Author)

2.82 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0316889504 (ISBN13: 9780316889506)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Little, Brown and Company

review 1: I bought this book because I so much enjoyed the previous novel, The Truth of the Matter, and wanted to spend some more time with Agnes and her family & friends. But like a visit that went on too long, this book was boring and flat. No more intimate revelations or understandings of Agnes or anyone else. The more I read, the more it seemed like notes taken for a novel that should have been written. I was particularly dumbfounded by the treatment given to Agne's eventual marriage. Certainly the earlier novel foreshadowed this, but the reader was given NO understanding of why Agnes decided to marry Sam or even what kind of relationship they had. Oh well. I'm donating this very nice hardback to the library & marking Robb Forman Dew off my list. I thought I had discovered a new... more author; maybe this disappointing read was a one-off for her?
review 2: This is a quiet little book about the late 50s/early 60s. There isn't much plot. The last quarter of the book almost seemed like it was a different book. Perhaps it was simply the speeding up of time. There were vignettes of characters (sometimes historical) that were stuck in there, almost haphazardly. If they were supposed to give more historical presence to the novel I think it could've been done more effectively through the main characters. less

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