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Mar 16, 2012danielestes rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
To say that most readers of will find the characters in this story unlikeable would be an understatement. Still, it's hard not to get drawn into the complex world of Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. Right from the first page the setup of the Berglund family is constructed with extraordinary detail. Thought and heart are put into nearly every phrase, with each interaction coming across effortless and real. The story is framed by stretching back and forth through several generations of Berglund family history though the soul of the novel is the connective single moments, which almost always relate back to the story's central characters, Patty and Walter. Along with their friend Richard Katz, these are profoundly flawed human beings. Give yourself time to fall into this one.