Last Lovers

Rating:
Summary: disgusting
Review: Geriatric hardcore. It's unlike the rest Wharton's books which I liked very much. I wish I had missed it.

Rating:
Summary: worst of wharton
Review: He's one of my favorite authors and several of his books make my all time top ten list...but this one, never. The voice is Wharton, but the progressive love affair was unappetizing to the point of nausea. Also, the climax may have been written as a hoax, it was that unbelieveably trite. The setting was described so beautifully I could see it, as could the blind heroine, through the painter's eyes. The concept of mutual other self actualization was intriguing. Its enactment was not. Perhaps I expected too much.

Rating:
Summary: Interesting concepts and audio
Review: I took this lengthy audiobook on a long road trip through North Dakota with my girlfriend. When we got to our destination, we drove around and around the blocks listening to the book instead of going in. While I don't consider this the best book I've ever listened to, it has a way of engaging the mind that is provocative. There is a lot of sensitivity in the material and the reading of it. I'm 50 years old, so maybe this held more meaning for me. The mark of a good read is that it sticks in the back of the mind. This one definitely does so. I recommend this audiobook very highly.