Helpful Score: 3
I had really enjoyed Nancy Horan's book, "Loving Frank", and was interested in knowing more about Frank Lloyd Wright and the women in his life so when this book arrived I saved it to read over Thanksgiving, when I could really savor it. Alas, that was not to be since it was not a book I could savor. Half way through it, I threw my hands up in disgust and threw the book down.
I found the device of having the book move backward in time very awkward, as the author would mention people and events from Wright's past, yet I was not aware of what the author was talking about because that would not appear for another 100 pages. I found the narrator intrusive and the author's constant use of footnotes -- at least one per page -- a distraction. I found it hard to empathize with any of the characters. In other words, I just was not interested enough to even finish the book. I haven't read any of the author's other books and based on this one, I won't ever be reading them.
I found the device of having the book move backward in time very awkward, as the author would mention people and events from Wright's past, yet I was not aware of what the author was talking about because that would not appear for another 100 pages. I found the narrator intrusive and the author's constant use of footnotes -- at least one per page -- a distraction. I found it hard to empathize with any of the characters. In other words, I just was not interested enough to even finish the book. I haven't read any of the author's other books and based on this one, I won't ever be reading them.
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