What I Loved : A Novel (Paperback)

from astrologerjenny

This cautious, detailed novel, set in New York City, is slow but well worth reading. It's about the NYC art world, about marriage, and about understanding and being understood. The narrator, Lev Hertzman, is an art historian, and it's the story of his friendship with an artist, Bill Wechsler. Sur...

from ImperfectCJ

I didn't love this book. I liked the author's style and the plot reminded me of We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver, which I quite liked, but What I Loved just didn't quite do it for me. The plot was meandering and the resolution kind of convoluted and unlikely. I really liked most of t...

from lauralkeet

Leo Hertzberg, an art history professor in New York City, narrates this story, reflecting on a quarter century of friendship with artist Bill Wechsler and his wife Violet. Leo first met Bill after discovering one of his paintings. At the time, Bill was married to another woman, Lucille. Leo and h...

from ShawnMooney

The plot was interesting, and Hustvedt's prose competent. Parts of the story were momentarily moving to me: the dynamic between narrator Leo and his friend Bill's wayward son Mark, especially. Alas, that's the most enthusiastic I can get about this book. Ultimately, what I hated about What I Love...

from Dreesie

I found this book completely brutal to read. The first section is fine--to much 3D art talk for me, but whatever. Then the beginning of section 2 is just awful. AWFUL. And then section3 is just nonstop painfulness. As the wife and mother of two teen boys, this all just hits on every fear a pare...