The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Instead he gives the reader insight into their personalities through their reactions, styles, comments, loves, hates, interactions, and all-around preferences. Irving rarely describes the internalized thoughts and emotions of his characters. Characters from Irving novels I read years ago still leap out at me I still feel they are real, and that I know them. I've never read an Irving novel that didn't have, in my judgment, superb character development. He wants his readers to really get to know his characters. ![]() Irving writes of these lives through story telling. The breadth of the novel typically goes through one generational span, but often you'll get (at least) a few beginning chapters detailing the lives of the protagonist's parents or grandparents, as well. They typically have a Dickensian plot, in which you follow the characters through large portions of their lives. This novel isn't one of his "big three", but it's damn good.įirst off, most Irving novels have some general characteristics: ![]() If you haven't read Irving yet, I think you should give him a try. ![]()
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