I’m not saying Wildlife is boring, but I don’t know why
Richard Ford’s novel, which has won both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN Award, cannot be definitively declared boring or completely uninteresting. Instead, you might simply say that Wildlife is not particularly engaging. The story of a slowly unraveling marriage, observed through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old boy, is quite ordinary and could happen to any of us. There are no major dramas, and perhaps not even any real reasons for the breakdown. Maybe it’s an escape from the mundane.
(And as a book review blog author, I must note that those facing such issues might find fewer problems by enrolling in a library. Hello, Great Falls Public Library!).
Young Joe analyzes the unfolding events with a Vulcan-like detachment reminiscent of Lieutenant Spock.