The Land of Steady Habits, (Paperback)

from nyiper

The characters just plain grew on me---I listened to the audio and that always changes the flavor of a book to me. Watching Anders struggle through so many things and everything that happened along the way was really helped by the transitions into events that happened when he was younger. I'm not...

from viviennestrauss

Really great writing! One of my favorite lines, "his default mode was the droll sophistication of a Tennessee Williams heroine." Overall, this book has left me feeling rather sad.

from giovannigf

Nicely written, but I dropped it after reading the first half because it was hard to muster enthusiasm for yet another novel about privileged people struggling with the disappointment of growing old. Thompson gets points for handling the ex-wife's point of view fairly and believably, which is mor...

from froxgirl

If you hate John Cheever, John Updike, John O'Hara, and Rick Moody's book (and the movie) The Ice Storm, don't bother with this one. Everyone else - please give it a shot. Anders defies his judge father by refusing to go to law school. He leaves the South, ignores his father's wealth to become a ...

from nyiper

The characters just plain grew on me---I listened to the audio and that always changes the flavor of a book to me. Watching Anders struggle through so many things and everything that happened along the way was really helped by the transitions into events that happened when he was younger. I'm not...