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Review of Somebody’s Fool Richard Russo There are three books in this series. Nobody’s Fool, Everybody’s Fool and Somebody’s Fool. I’ve read the second, and now the third. I fell in love with the characters of North Bath, New York, f**ed up and quirky as they were. The story was laugh out loud funny to me in places. Which means I looked with high anticipation to reading this last book. And…meh. Most of the characters from the second book are in this one, which takes place ten years later. But for the most part, they were flat. There was some continuation, and the chief of police (now ex-chief) still holds a big place in the storyline, along with the return of the main character in the first two books (Sully)’s son Peter. This son has children of his own. Three sons. Without giving too much away, he took one son to live with him when he divorced his wife, leaving the other two with her. For better or worse. Now Thomas, Peter’s youngest son, has come to visit him. Having been estranged for all of their childhood and young adulthood, Peter barely recognizes him. Thomas says he doesn’t want to stay, just that he came to say hello. Meanwhile, there’s been a suicide in an abandoned hotel. What I really like about this author’s writing style is that his characters are so human. Messed up. Doubting themselves and their place in life. Even the vile characters get painted by the human brush that Russo wields so skillfully. I guess I’d hoped for more. I’m still tempted to read the first book and probably will at some point.    |
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