A review by karenmichele
Big Brother by Lionel Shriver

4.0

This was the first book by Lionel Shriver that I have read and I had a real love/hate relationship with it throughout. The writing was great ----- that wasn't the issue and I gave the book 4 stars. The problem was my discomfort with the attitudes and behaviors of the characters. It's not easy to be an overweight person and hear the awful things some people think about you and then walk out in the world every day. I almost just couldn't keep reading, but I am glad I did. The book did make other personal connections for me as well and when I got to the ending, I ended up on the love side of my relationship with the book. I can't say much more without spoilers, other than to say that all of the ways Shriver portrayed attitudes in the book have a clear purpose in the end.