{"id":2765,"date":"2016-11-09T01:58:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T01:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sometimesraw.com--precise\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2016-11-09T01:58:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T01:58:17","slug":"the-book-review-ill-take-you-there-by-wally-lamb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sometimesraw.com\/?p=2765","title":{"rendered":"The Book Review: I’ll Take you There by Wally Lamb."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thanks to HarperCollinsCanada and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. I have read \u201cWe are Water\u201d and \u201cShe\u2019s Come Undone\u201d by the author which attracted me to Lamb\u2019s latest book \u201cI\u2019ll Take You There\u201d. This does not affect my opinion of the content or the book in my review.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI step out of the scene and onto the stage, relived to exit that confusing an difficult day \u2013 to relegate it one again to my past\u201d \u2013 Wally Lamb\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Wally Lamb has created a sometimes fun and thoughtful novel that is very different from his other works. Felix Funicello (introduced in the Lamb\u2019s novellas Wishin<\/em>\u2018 and Hopin<\/em>\u2018) is the main character in I\u2019ll Take You There<\/em>. Funicello is divorced, a father and a film scholar who explores the relationships with the women in his life and how they all shaped him in a certain way to who he is today. The novel has been written\u00a0very lighthearted but\u00a0at some points even surprisingly deep about women and how they have effected him.\u00a0<\/span>What I did indeed like about the story was that it provides a look into the different choices women make in life and the consequences they face \u2013 which is also depicted throughout Funicello\u2019s family history along with strength, resilience and power of women.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The main plot without spoilers: Felix Funicello, a film scholar, who runs a Monday night movie club at a theater is setting up a film one evening in his film\u00a0booth and is confronted by the ghost of Lois Weber who is a director from Hollywood\u2019s silent film era. Lois, the ghost, invites Felix to revisit or relive some scenes from his past \u2013 and they are projected is some way onto the movie theater\u2019s big screen. <\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, the reader will learn about family secrets, politics, feminine ideals while the author even touches upon Hollywood iconography. Further, it becomes clear how Felix will be enlightened while he understands at the same time what some of the women really close to him had to go through in their life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll Take You There\u201d is a very light-hearted, somewhat humorous book while there is still a bit of darkness, confusion and despair noticeable at points. If you liked his previous novels, you will dive right into a wonderful tale of reconciliation, love and of course forgiveness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to HarperCollinsCanada and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. I have read \u201cWe are Water\u201d and \u201cShe\u2019s Come Undone\u201d by the author which attracted me to Lamb\u2019s latest book \u201cI\u2019ll Take You There\u201d. This does not affect my opinion of the content or the book … <\/p>\n

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