Not that there’s anything wrong with that- he looked bomb in his white suit up until the end- but his description of young-people-parties can be a little cringey like… Wolfe also includes several course lectures, particularly an interesting neuroscience class, so readers get brief bursts of non-fiction.Ĭons of Wolfe’s college setting: He was 74 when he published this book. I had forgotten how jarring that transition was. Pros of Wolfe’s college setting: I got to relive the highs and lows of my first year in college. I Am Charlotte Simmons follows the interweaving lives of four students at Dupont University- a fictional college with strong academics and athletics. Ironically, the more I got to know them, the less empathy I had for them. I Am Charlotte Simmons does this to an extent- but none of the characters are very likable. The Goldfinch does this exceptionally well. Super long books have their advantages- it allows readers to really live with characters, growing with them and getting to know them better by seeing their day-to-day.
Ya gotta have some balls to write something so long, and it better be really good if I’m going to invest that much time. Tom Wolfe’s novel I Am Charlotte Simmons is 750 pages.
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