Comments on: Guest Book Review: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

By: Jessicaschneider

Jessicaschneider — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:24:45 +0000

A high school honors student? Thanks, A Tad Scared. It's better than writing like a sycophantic college professor. Yes the name was a typo but it was never corrected on this site. All other versions have been fixed.

By: BU4691

BU4691 — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:56:12 +0000

Thoreau said “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” This is true whether they live in the suburbs, a New York penthouse, a small town in Minnesota, or on a farm in Nebraska. Richard Yates singles out suburbia as the cause of a malaise. He is being unfair. But then life is unfair, isn't it?

By: atadscared

atadscared — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:27:55 +0000

This review reads like a decent book report by an honors high school student. Yikes. And the inability to remember a protagonist's name (Alice v April) is a tad scary.

By: catgal

catgal — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:28:32 +0000

Right you are, a1732. I read the book as required reading in college 2 years after it was published. It obviously made an impression since I still remember vividly April and Frank and their sad lives. It will be interesting to see how it translates to the screen.

By: a1732

a1732 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:07:56 +0000

The wife's name in this book is April, correct? Not Alice.

By: Jessica Schneider

Jessica Schneider — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:03:42 +0000

Thanks. And The Moviegoer is on my to read list, if I stumble upon it. I haven’t read it, but I was under the impression that it was one of those books meant only for “its time”, from what I’ve read.

I also came to learn they are making a movie out of RR starring guess who? Leo and Kate Winslet. I wonder how Hollywood will do it because one has to die yet again… or will the movie change than fact and make it happy? We will see. Given that it’s based on a good book I figure they can’t mess it up TOO much.

By: George Sorwell

George Sorwell — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:05:43 +0000

Revolutionary Road is a very good novel. I appreciate your willingness to highlight an undeservedly forgotten book.

But I have to say The Moviegoer is also a very good novel. Give a try!