Reviews for Desorden moral (Moral Disorder)

The average rating for Desorden moral (Moral Disorder) based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-03-04 00:00:00 Diana Pierce It's me, not you, I want to apologize to Margaret Atwood. One of my all-time favorite authors, who I consider one of my oldest and best friends, although we've never met. I have fallen out of love with her. I confess to not having finished the book. This is unheard of, like not having a second slice of pizza. I won't go as far as to say there is a sense of stagnation in the stories. Perhaps she has all too successfully evoked the ennui of average life. Attempting a committed and thorough read, I suffered the heart palpitations that the humdrum of day after day sometimes (often) does to me. Here we are again, day after day, with the traffic lights, and digestion, and voices talking talking talking and rarely getting to an important point, and then it is another day all over again. Moral Disorder was like listening to someone you love tell incredibly detailed stories, but not be able to get to the point in a multi-climactic way through the course of a page (that one expects from M.A.), let alone in the course of a short story or a chapter. So, disappointing. But, I'm sure it must be me, not her, this falling out of love business. If it is her, I am sorry to say she lost that loving feeling of multiple epiphanies neatly earned in her common language loving and detail accumulating way. She's just like mere mortals here, the rest of us, walking around, telling all the details as if they matter without -and here I finally arrive at the main point myself- really, really showing us why they do, striking a heart chord. Maybe in her next book, or if I revisit an old one, we will get our groove back, because now I am bereft and alone. I counted on her to always be the one, the person who named things in such a way that they resonated in my chest.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-04-06 00:00:00 Ted Brooks Margaret Atwood = writer I am most intimidated yet inspired by. These short stories form a semi-autobiographical sketch about a woman, Nell, from childhood through into her 60's, but are not in chronological order. The stories focus on her relationships with her parents, husband, sister, husband's ex-wife, and more. It's like getting a box of really cool photographs of someone you don't know, & their family, & you're trying to piece together their story from the photos & figure out which order they go in! Only better, because by the end of the book, you can see the big picture - maybe it's more like a jigsaw. Beautifully written & as always, insightful, fresh yet filled with "yes, I've felt just like that!" moments.