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Liked It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “One of the funniest books ever written. Period. If you’re a shiksa, not so much.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “A book about THIS???? For heaven's sake. Ugh.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“I vote for the scene in this novel where Portnoy goes to visit his girlfriend's family in Iowa as one of the funniest in modern American literature.”
Dan K wrote this review 9 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Along with Saul Bellow's Herzog, Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint defined Jewish American literature in the 1960s. Roth's masterpiece takes place on the couch of a psychoanalyst, an appropriate jumping-off place for an insanely comical novel about the Jewish American experience. Roth has written several great books--Goodbye, Columbus and When She Was Good among them, but it is perhaps Portnoy's Complaint for which he is best known. ”
North Shore Country Day School English-10 wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A book about THIS???? For heaven's sake. Ugh.”
Cathy M wrote this review Friday, October 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“One of favorite books by one of America's most awarded authors...”
Dave H wrote this review Wednesday, September 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I read this book as a teenager, back in a time (the seventies) when I was still innocent enough to be scandalized by the book's content. By today's standards it still might raise an eyebrow or two, i.e. Portnoy desecrating the liver his mother was koshering for dinner and his mother sending him out to buy Kotex. I don't know if anyone still reads this book and whether or not it still gives that negative slant to the 'typical' Jewish mama is beyond me. Who knows? Try it, you might like it. The only thing I clearly remember about this book..."Ikey, Mikey, Jake and Sam, we're the boys who eat no ham!..." ”
Debbie D wrote this review Monday, August 31 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Starts out funny and gets old fast. ”
Ethan wrote this review Tuesday, August 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I loathed this book and didn't even bother to finish it.”
Eileen M wrote this review Tuesday, July 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I read this book sometime during the latter part of the stone age. I do remember liking it very much. Also it was a pretty good movie.”
rimmsky wrote this review Monday, July 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book is very funny... ”
narj wrote this review Tuesday, June 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
