That old cape magic

I feel a little odd giving something by a legendary guy like Russo 2 out of 5 stars, but...eh. It was either not as funny as it was trying to be (while telling a serious story), or it was a serious (somewhat tragic) book that accidentally elicited chuckles. Either way, not entirely successful. It felt like Richard Russo tried to write a Jonathan Tropper novel and didn't quite pull it off.

Well-written to be sure, and not a waste of reading time...but it wasn't what it could've been. Sorta like the marriages the book talked about that were crumbling in the light of the two nascent ones.

This book would have gotten another star from me if Russo had omitted that Marguerite element at the the end.