A Death in the Family by James Agee

Rating: 3/5

Summary:

Distributed in 1957, two a long time after its author's passing at the age of forty-five. Passing within the Family remains near-perfect work of craftsmanship, a personal novel that contains one of the foremost reminiscent delineations of a misfortune and despondency ever composed. As Jay Follet rushes back to his domestic in Knoxville, Tennessee, he is slaughtered in a car accident--a catastrophe that crushes not as it was a life but moreover the residential joy and satisfaction of a youthful family. A novel of incredible courage, a lyric constrains, and a powerful emotion, Passing within the Family could be a showstopper of American writing.

Strengths

As I read about the story and the author, I think that had the best way to write his stories. Maybe the rating was not that good, but the author has the best way to write. I liked who the story depicted and how the characters and the events of the story happened.

Weaknesses:

When I finish reading it, I started to feel bad, it just makes people feel sad or depressed. And also the reviews were the same, they keep talking about how bad they are feeling after completing the book. Maybe the way of how the book is written needs to change to make the book better.

My Opinion:

Although there are some wonderfully evocative and touching descriptions of a family's loss in this novel, it was a great challenge to get through. I haven't read a book like this and I can't believe I regret the tone of early twentieth-century writing.