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Moody's first novel, Garden State, won the Pushcart Press Editors' Book Award in 1991. Now he takes readers back to a very Updikean version of the 1970s: upper-middle-class discontents expressed through fumbling adventures on the sexual frontier. Benjamin Hood and his wife, Elena, barely communicate, but their neighbors, the Williams, provide diversions for them, both in fantasy and reality. Simultaneously, the couples' children, young adults all, meet and play sexual games of their own. Moody can turn a phrase--"The past was so past it hurt"--and his description of what happens when hungover Benjamin Hood carries Mike Williams home is truly unforgettable. The theme of sexual adventure in the split-level suburbs, however, has lost a bit of its freshness. Moody is a talented writer in search of better material. Marginally recommended. Eloise Kinney
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In 1973, a decaying suburban Connecticut family has a bad day. Father Benjamin Hood is a middle-aged alcoholic, tormented by canker sores, in danger of losing his job as a media and entertainment expert for a high-end brokerage house, and having an affair with a neighbor named Janey. His wife, Elena, is cold and distant, even though she gets a kick reading about impotence in Masters and Johnson and believes herself ``capable of abandon.'' Fourteen-year-old Wendy Hood's raging hormones and desire to break out lead to dry humping in basements and graveyards and a daring public display with a girlfriend at a slumber party. Older brother Paul, relegated to boarding school, gets stoned and compulsively follows the comic book capers of the Fantastic Four. On this fateful day, Janey disappears in the middle of her afternoon rendezvous with Benjamin to do some shopping; Benjamin catches Wendy and Janey's son Mike going at it; Elena confronts Benjamin about his infidelity; Benjamin and Elena find themselves at a neighborhood key party (a '60s tradition that migrated belatedly to suburbia whereby men toss their keys in a bowl at the beginning of the night and at the end of the night the women randomly select a set and go off with its owner); Janey purposely shies away from the Hood key ring; Benjamin passes out on the bathroom floor; Elena goes off with Janey's husband; Wendy wanders over to Mike's house and seduces his younger brother Sandy because Mike isn't around; Paul makes an unsuccessful play for the woman of his dreams with alcohol and drugs; and matters only get worse because a vicious northeaster rages outside. Moody (Garden State, 1992) masterfully captures suburban angst through lucid detail. But his characters lack substance so that we don't care what happens to them, and in the end, it seems, neither do they. Too cold. -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Like many books which receive a wider appreciation due to film adaptations, The Ice Storm is unfairly compared to the film version and is evaluated with the film in mind. Thankfully the film adaption of The Ice Storm was a wonderful success, but ultimately the book deserves to be reviewed on its own terms.
Moody's book is wonderful - a beautifully written story, so evocative of it's setting (early 70's suburbia) and so subtle in it's portrail of a family in crisis. It's emotional stuff and it's dark tone leaves you feeling a little shell-shocked but it's a story you won't soon forget.
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this is one of the best books i have read in a long time becuase it dives down to the center of life. Every aspect of the characters is laid out bare for you to see. The writing is also amazing. It flows like no book I have ever read. Moody has one of the most distinctive styles ever and is going to be a great author. My personal favorite scene was the one with Libbets Casey, it sent shivers up my spine.
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This book has not left me since I read it well over a year ago. Moody's narrative style is comparable to John Cheever with a flair for American culture. This was incredible. Read it.
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I prefer the movie
IMHO Rick Moody tries hard to induce real live in this story but he ultimately fails due to his artificial, self indulgent style. Less would have been more in this case. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Februar 2009 von Roger Eckhardt
Flat
I saw the movie and it was excellent. I decided to buy the book and it was not at good as the movie. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
Good but only for one reason!
This is an excellent screenplay, however, in my mind, only for one reason. One of the actresses is the greatest- Katie Holmes, she is in this and that's why it's great!!!
Am 19. August 1999 veröffentlicht
He and Updike
I thought it was brilliant. I can't help but be fascinated, having been brought up in a rural area, by the opaque but brittle veneer that protects suburbia. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. August 1999 von Brandon F Wilkerson
Very satisfying
Like a lot of folks, I saw the movie before I picked up the book, and I found them to be very satisying complements to each other. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. August 1999 veröffentlicht
One of the Best Novels of the 1990s
Rick Moody is one of the few truly important young contemporary fiction writers. He's a natural who can describe even the most taudry and painful subjects with a moving lyricism. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Someone hand me a razor blade...
Overwritten with too many self-consciously placed references to the time using popular culture. Why do so many authors think that an encyclopedic knowledge of the cultural relics... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
Ron Moody's Marital Moods
In the 1970's, according to author Ron Moody, the sexual freedom of the 1960's had finally found it's way into the suburbs, tossing morals, marriages and the family structure into... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. Dezember 1998 veröffentlicht
The movie was great as is the book.
I heard of the Ice Storm after reading an article on Katie Holmes of "Dawson's Creek" being as it was her very first movie. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. November 1998 veröffentlicht
One of the most powerfull storys ever
I wasn't going to add anything about this book as there are so many responses. But after reading the wide range of opinions I just had to give mine. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. November 1998 von "jbridell"
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