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61 out of 63 people found this review helpful.

Updike's Rabbit Still Running in My Brain

Date of Review:  Jan 26, 2000
Review: A star high school basketball player, eight years after graduation, plays a back-alley pickup game with some kids. The years have not been kind to him, but he's still got the hoop dreams:

"He sinks shots one-handed, two-handed, underhanded,...
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  5.0

by: Grouch
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Updike is the modern master of the...
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Traces of misogyny might bother some...
 
31 out of 31 people found this review helpful.

Rabbit, Run

Date of Review:  Nov 9, 2004
The Bottom Line: Updike has shown himself to be a master of character creation, and Rabbit Angstrom is his very best creation. Amazing.
Review: Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom was once king of the high school world, a star basketball player, tall and handsome, and able to get the girls. Now, several years on, he is married, frustrated and unsure as to how it all ended up this way. One day, arriving...
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  5.0

by: arkhaine
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Updike is a wordsmith; brilliant...
Cons
May be too sexually explicit; Rabbit's...
 
18 out of 18 people found this review helpful.

Literature at its Finest

Date of Review:  Jan 28, 2001
The Bottom Line: Updike's literary style, makes this a truly enjoyable and wonderful read.
Review: In the world of modern American literature, you sometimes get caught up in the legalese of Grisham, the action and adventure of Clancy and Ludlum, or the sinister suspense of Puzo. Somehow, I had a flashback to my college lit class and grabbed a...
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  5.0

by: JBduckling
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Updike's Literary Style is breathtaking.
Cons
Harry Angstrom, the anti-hero.
 
15 out of 15 people found this review helpful.

Who's the protagonist?

Date of Review:  Mar 7, 2007
The Bottom Line: this is a very interesting book, very entertaining. Updike is great at creating characters who feel like real people
Review: John Updike is great at writing about people. His character's feel real, like somebody you might meet in everyday life. Rabbit Angstrom is no exception. He's a real person whom you can relate to, but he's a complete jerk. In Rabbit Run, Updike makes...
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  4.0

by: slickgl
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Really connects you with the characters
Cons
The characters are human, so at times...
 
13 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

Rabbit, Run: An Amazing Portrayal Of Reality

Date of Review:  Apr 23, 2003
The Bottom Line: Rabbit Run is an incredible story, it's a very realistic portrayal of one man's mid-life crisis.
Review: Rabbit, Run by John Updike is a true American classic. It portrays the life of Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, an ex-highschool basketball player, who once had incredible athletic skills at the game, "got to the top" of his career, and "was famous through...
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  5.0

by: soupcraze
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Vivid Portrayal, Well-Written,...
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Wow... Not This One
 
11 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

Updike's Everyman Flees Responsibility.

Date of Review:  Jun 29, 2004
The Bottom Line: A must-read for anyone about to approach the Rabbit books.
Review: Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, former highschool basketball player, is an unhappy resident of Brewer, Pennsylvania. His wife Janice, whose father is a successful businessman named Fred Springer, is pregnant, and the generally self-absorbed Rabbit feels he...
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  5.0

by: cyanne_t
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Manages to create sympathy for a...
Cons
The misogyny and infidelity of Rabbit...
 
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Disappointing Modern Classic

Date of Review:  Dec 2, 2000
Review: I felt I couldn't call myself an avid reader without Updike on my shelf. So I began -- and may very well end -- with the first installment of his famous Rabbit series, Rabbit, Run.

Back in the late 1950s, it may have been worth reading for...
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  2.0

by: chas_edwards
Recommended to buy: No

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Powerful prose throughout climactic,...
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Unlikable protagonist; unconvincing...
 

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