I think the people who liked this book were interested in the idea of how Victor’s wife, children, and others in his orbit could love such an awful man, but I don’t think the book really answers this question (in part because other than his wife Barbra, they don’t actually seem to love him). Jami Attenberg’s All This Could Be Yours is the story of a family ruled by Victor Tuchman, a rich, awful man who suffers a heart attack early in the novel and spends most of its length lying unconscious in a New Orleans hospital room while his wife, children, grandchildren, and daughter-in-law attempt to deal with the wreckage he has caused in their lives. Roxane Gay loved it! So did NPR! And the New York Times! This is probably because I am a philistine. Normally I try to only post positive reviews here, because who wants to be the person putting more negativity into the world, especially in the current moment? But I am way behind on reviews so I will say: I did not like this book.
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