Adultery (Coelho) - Book Reviews

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Coelho milks each opportunity to preach—by way of endless interior monologues, quotes from Scriptureand talky scenes—sermons about love, marriage, sexual attraction, evolutionarytheory and every other imponderable he can muster. Occasional interestingtidbits about the novel's setting, the French-speaking Swiss canton of Vaud,are not enough to redeem the pervasive mawkishness.More trite truthiness from Coelho.
Publishers Weekly


[A]n interview with a writer...sets Linda on an increasingly out-of-control cure for her restless boredom.... Coelho...is perhaps too successful. Linda's adultery, more tedious than convincing, will fail to convince the reader to accept her guilt-free rationale for her behavior. —Beth Andersen, formerly with Ann Arbor Dist. Lib., MI
Library Journal


Coelho milksceach opportunity to preach...sermons about love, marriage, sexual attraction, evolutionary theory and every other imponderable he can muster. Occasional interesting tidbits about the novel's setting, the French-speaking Swiss canton of Vaud,are not enough to redeem the pervasive mawkishness. More trite truthiness from Coelho.
Kirkus Reviews