My Book club read The Marriage Plot, by Jeffery Eugenides, for our February book. I went into it with such high expectations. His other books, Middlesex and The Virgin Suicides, were awesome. As I was reading The Marriage Plot, I found myself pretty disappointed. But I think it was a matter of managing my expectations. The book is really solidly good. It’s no Pulitzer winner, but still quite good.

The problem with being awesome is that people expect you to stay that way. That sounds trite, but there is some truth to it. And it’s the reason that I was let down by a book being simply good.It’s nearly impossible for a performer to create a hit album every time, for an athlete to get MVP every game or for an author to consistently write excellent books. Author Jeffrey Eugenides created a near impossible situation for himself. First he wrote The Virgin Suicides and followed it up with the Pulitzer Prize winning Middlesex. How could he top those?

You can read my complete review of The Marriage Plot, by Jeffery Eugenides, on BookGeeks.

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