Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace
Edward Bloom has lived an extraordinary life. He has an extensive repertoire of corny jokes, had a very successful career and yet has remained a mystery to his son, William. As Edward lay on his death bed, William struggles to get to the truth of who is father really is.
I think we all long to learn who our parents are on some other level than as our parents. Edward relishes in living somewhere between reality and fairy tale. We are never sure what is fact and what has been massaged and embellished over time. And neither is William. Edward's stories are funny but often heartbreaking. He's loved by so many others yet he never learned how to love or be loved by his own son.
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions is charming and witty. It's fun and easy to read. Being, however, that I'm a more practical type, Edward's tales grew more and more outrageous as the book went on. While I'm fully onboard with embracing a fantasy every now and then, this fish grew to large and too fast into something too far fetched for even my dreamy side to believe in. I won't tell you how it ended but I thought Edward's balloon burst for good.
That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. Fact or fantasy, Edward is one big fish of mythical proportions but I'm sure he's been caught by now.
Edward Bloom has lived an extraordinary life. He has an extensive repertoire of corny jokes, had a very successful career and yet has remained a mystery to his son, William. As Edward lay on his death bed, William struggles to get to the truth of who is father really is.
I think we all long to learn who our parents are on some other level than as our parents. Edward relishes in living somewhere between reality and fairy tale. We are never sure what is fact and what has been massaged and embellished over time. And neither is William. Edward's stories are funny but often heartbreaking. He's loved by so many others yet he never learned how to love or be loved by his own son.
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions is charming and witty. It's fun and easy to read. Being, however, that I'm a more practical type, Edward's tales grew more and more outrageous as the book went on. While I'm fully onboard with embracing a fantasy every now and then, this fish grew to large and too fast into something too far fetched for even my dreamy side to believe in. I won't tell you how it ended but I thought Edward's balloon burst for good.
That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. Fact or fantasy, Edward is one big fish of mythical proportions but I'm sure he's been caught by now.
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