Read it a few years ago, we live in Frank Lloyd Wright country, about 30 minutes from Spring Green where rage fire happened and tours are led through his home there. I am not a fan of his architecture and definitely not a fan of his character.
Although I’m a great admirer of Wright’s work, I did not enjoy this novel. I also read “The Women” by T.C. Boyle which was about all his wives, and didn’t really like that one either. I wonder if it’s because Wright was such a complicated person that the only way to really capture his life would be by a well-written biography rather than a fictionalized account.
Yeah, I loved it, too, b/c I come from a family of architects, & I’d studied FLW. But I had no idea about his height factoring into his design, Taliesin, his wife, etc.
I loved it. It’s a pretty well researched book but has to remain in the historical fiction because many things, while well known, can’t be documented. Frank Lloyd Wright was pretty much a genius and like most geniuses, lacks a bit of social proprietary.
I liked this book. I don’t think it was written for us to “like” him. It was a personal view into his genius, the influences that made him great, and his relationships that surrounded all of that. Great artists are often unlikeable as people when judged by current social standards. This book allowed you to see the norms of the day and how FLW challenged them and disregarded them.
I didn’t find the characters interesting. I could have stopped and never given them another thought (or I could have googled them). A good book, to me, is one that I am excited to get back to such as 11-22-63 by Stephen King.
@Kathy put everything down, feed the cat, grab a drink, & begin 11-22-63. You will lose sleep. Great read, but I have lived in Dallas for 30 yrs & so I’m all up in the JKF stuff. Greatly researched story & I’m ready to read it again. Have fun!
I agree it was a bit of a drag in the middle, but the ending caught me by surprise and then I learned it was based on true events which really had me intrigued.
I loved both Loving Frank and The Women. I’ve always been fascinated by FLW, architecture and I live in Illinois and have toured several of the homes he designed.
Read it a few years ago, we live in
Frank Lloyd Wright country, about 30 minutes from Spring Green where rage fire happened and tours are led through his home there. I am not a fan of his architecture and definitely not a fan of his character.
I started it several years ago but gave up on it.
Although I’m a great admirer of Wright’s work, I did not enjoy this novel. I also read “The Women” by T.C. Boyle which was about all his wives, and didn’t really like that one either. I wonder if it’s because Wright was such a complicated person that the only way to really capture his life would be by a well-written biography rather than a fictionalized account.
Thank goodness for differing tastes. I read this years ago for my book group. We had a great discussion and I found it fascinating.
I liked it. I’m a fan of FLW. Visiting his houses is on my bucket list!
It’s been a few years, but I know I enjoyed it. Maybe because I didn’t know the story and was able to get engrossed in it.
I liked it. Thought it captured Wright’s personality very well, and what an interesting life he lead.
Yeah, I loved it, too, b/c I come from a family of architects, & I’d studied FLW. But I had no idea about his height factoring into his design, Taliesin, his wife, etc.
I loved it. It’s a pretty well researched book but has to remain in the historical fiction because many things, while well known, can’t be documented. Frank Lloyd Wright was pretty much a genius and like most geniuses, lacks a bit of social proprietary.
I liked this book. I don’t think it was written for us to “like” him. It was a personal view into his genius, the influences that made him great, and his relationships that surrounded all of that. Great artists are often unlikeable as people when judged by current social standards. This book allowed you to see the norms of the day and how FLW challenged them and disregarded them.
My book club read it a few years ago and liked it.
I loved both those books. It showed how selfish Frank was
HA! I just started it today! It’s fun reading competing opinions, wonder what I’ll think of it after about an hour…..
Agree! Creativity so wide open! Rembrandt or Picasso? (Our children & grands best both….) Sartre or Nancy Drew? Explore and enjoy!
I didn’t find the characters interesting. I could have stopped and never given them another thought (or I could have googled them). A good book, to me, is one that I am excited to get back to such as 11-22-63 by Stephen King.
Haven’t read Loving Frank but it’s on my TBR list. But so is 11-22-63 and I love almost everything by Stephen King!
@Kathy put everything down, feed the cat, grab a drink, & begin 11-22-63. You will lose sleep. Great read, but I have lived in Dallas for 30 yrs & so I’m all up in the JKF stuff. Greatly researched story & I’m ready to read it again. Have fun!
@Missy I’ve just moved it to the top of my list!
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@Missy , I don’t usually care for Stephen King, but I couldn’t put this one down.
Agree
I loved it.
It was a bit of a struggle but overall worth the read. Besides the insights into FLW, the ending caught me by surprise. I had no idea.
I agree it was a bit of a drag in the middle, but the ending caught me by surprise and then I learned it was based on true events which really had me intrigued.
I loved both Loving Frank and The Women. I’ve always been fascinated by FLW, architecture and I live in Illinois and have toured several of the homes he designed.
I loved it. My Mom, Aunt, and Grandma all read it too and enjoyed it.