Well, this was my first Franzen book, and I was disappointed! I still want to try Freedom and The Corrections, but I am hoping they won't follow a similar style as this one (sounds from the reviews like they do though). Neither the story nor the characters drew me in. In fact, they are all pretty much downright unlikable. Is that a Franzen thing? I found it to be a little bit of an arrogant writing style.

I finished it to see how it would end but it was not satisfying...I still am not sure what the point of this story is.