I still believe that true tragedy is timeless and can move between epochs with grace, while continuing to delight audiences. This should be no different for Oedipus Rex, yet, this book falls short. While the characters are well drawn and complex -- every bit the equal of Sophocles, the catharsis is unrealized. For the novel, Guterson separates the peripeteia and anagnorisis, leaving the reader without the promised cathartic release. Apparently I'm in a place where I need a good, easy read to satisfy me. Reading the re-make of Oedipus Rex (which I didn't read the original of) isn't doing it. I wish I had listened to my inner self and stopped at my give-it-100-pages point and moved on. Instead I read the thing. The whole darn thing. And guess what: he killed his father and married his mother. *sigh* Maybe it would have been cooler if I got all the inside jokes I'm sure I missed...then again, maybe not.
Modern story based on Oedipus complex. Gripping, and a good sense of humour.
—bamer
Very good, suspenseful, didn't-see-that-coming type of book
—dakeru
Wow! Oedipus Rex revisited, PNW-style. Give it a whirl!
—xoILoveYouxo
Bleh. Couldn't finish this one.
—Ashears
Must say I got bored in oarts
—innovative_girl_shivani
