The Widows of Eastwick, (Paperback)

from ValerieAndBooks

It took me a while to get through this book. I had read "The Witches of Eastwick" some time back but didn't do a LibraryThing review of that book. I liked it just okay and, sorry to say, certainly liked "The Widows of Eastwick" less. One of Updike's last works, and possibly because he was facing ...

from krissa

First of all let me say, I never read the first book, although I did see the movie. This book is nothing like the movie, but then again, I have heard the first book is nothing like the movie either. In my mind, I kept seeing the actresses (Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer.) As much as ...

from ChristineEllei

I read this because of the movie version of the WITCHES OF EASTWICK. At first I found it difficult to put the aging ladies together with what I remember of the movie. This book has made it to a few "must read" lists. Depsite that, I cannot rave about the story, because I felt the first third of t...

from AshRyan

This sequel to The Witches of Eastwick explores many of the same themes as much of Updike's later work, such as looking back at one's life during old age, and traveling abroad. The latter feels a bit forced, and takes up the first half of the novel---Alexandra visits the Canadian Rockies, then Al...

from Renzomalo

John Updike's "Widows of Eastwick" was a less than fulfilling sequel to his spectacular "Witches of Eastwick." This is largely due to the deleterious effects of "famous writer's syndrome," a condition typified by editors lacking the hutzpah to cut the literary fat and gristle from the afflicted a...