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A review by beckydk
All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
2.0
I was not very impressed by "All He Ever Wanted" by Anita Shreve.
The protagonist Nicholas Van Tassel is completely obsessed with his wife Etna, deluding himself into thinking that what he feels is love.
It is not only Etna, that Nicholas Van Tassel obsesses over, but also the particular job he wants, both, at all costs.
His view of himself, of his morals and intentions is completely warped.
Though you at first feel sympathy for him, you very quickly grow to despise him, and instead feel sorry for Etna, who, as a typical woman of the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, cannot choose to live independently, and instead ends up marrying a guy she never had feelings for.
I felt rather depressed when I finished reading Shreve's novel, depressed and disappointed, and confused. Cause what does love really boil down to, at the end of the day?
The protagonist Nicholas Van Tassel is completely obsessed with his wife Etna, deluding himself into thinking that what he feels is love.
It is not only Etna, that Nicholas Van Tassel obsesses over, but also the particular job he wants, both, at all costs.
His view of himself, of his morals and intentions is completely warped.
Though you at first feel sympathy for him, you very quickly grow to despise him, and instead feel sorry for Etna, who, as a typical woman of the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, cannot choose to live independently, and instead ends up marrying a guy she never had feelings for.
I felt rather depressed when I finished reading Shreve's novel, depressed and disappointed, and confused. Cause what does love really boil down to, at the end of the day?