Reviews for Family life

The average rating for Family life based on 2 reviews is 1 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-06-16 00:00:00 Lynn Brown Normally I like strange books. Not this one. It was written in the 1970s & reads like a rejected Playboy attempt at fiction. I don't even get it. How or why was it even published? Another reviewer mentioned heavy drug-use in the '70s; perhaps a possible explanation...? Thankfully it was short. That's about the best that can be said about it. Not recommended.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-07-27 00:00:00 Tamara Froh I think this was a really awful book. I read the entire book because it was a) short and b) probably intellectual and deep and I just didn't get it. I had not read Russell Banks Before. Not sure I will After. I found this book terribly offensive but with the idea that it was maybe SUPPOSED to be offensive. I have no idea. The depiction of Native Americans! For shock value? Making a statement? Cringe-worthy. It was written in the 70s and then reprinted several times so I must be missing something. I see it is supposed to be a humorous allegory of life in the 70s in LA in suburbia. I totally did not get it. Was it supposed to be funny? Humorous it was not. Although I have no issues with LGBTQ people, I could not figure out why everyone was participating in gay sex, mostly non-consensual. WTF?? Okay, I did not get it. Born too late into a politically correct world, perhaps?