Book Review: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

There are basically two types of authors in the world: (1) great story tellers (e.g., Crichton, early Grisham, Cussler, and many others) and (2) great writers (e.g., Morrison, late Grisham, Franzen and many others). Only one writer that I have ever read is in both categories: Tolkien. I love books by category (1) writers -- they are fun to read. I do not enjoy books by category (2) writers because they are slow and nothing happens. Of course many people, including Oprah, love category (2) writers. Whatever. I found Freedom to have interesting characters, but the story was basically very long and very boring. Skip it. Grade: C-