Heartburn

Heartburn

1983 • 193 pages

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Average rating3.5

15

If you're interested in this book, get the audio version, because Meryl Streep reads it and she's amazing and so funny - her delivery of some lines had me laughing out loud in my car. The story/structure of the book is kind of a mess, with a lot of digressions and flashbacks (which may have been easier to follow in written form, but I don't know). What Ephron really excels at is creating a strong voice for her main character, who essentially narrates the whole thing in one long stream of consciousness. I probably wouldn't have read this if not for the BookRiot challenge, but I definitely enjoyed it.

(Bookriot Read Harder 2016 Challenge: #8 Read a book originally published in the decade you were born)

October 12, 2016Report this review