I just finished this book a few hours ago. I closed the book and thought to myself, "No wonder." No wonder this book was banned. No wonder young girls were hiding in their closets to read this book. No wonder every small town in America referred to themselves as a little Peyton Place. No wonder people are still reading this book.
Between the pages of Peyton Place, you'll find yourself. Author, Grace Metalious, touches on every human emotion, every prejudice, every dirty little secret that a human being is capable of thinking or doing. Between the covers you'll find lust, murder, incest, drunks, and hate. But more than that, you'll find the truth. And you can't ask anything more of a book than a telling of the truths that make us human.
Now you're probably sitting there asking, "Well, I saw the movie, why should I read that old book?"
You should read the book because the movie comes nowhere close to the emotions that are portrayed in the book. The movie was about the trial, the book is about life before the trial. The very trial itself, barely exists in the pages of Peyton Place because it is a book about people, their lives and their mistakes.
What about you, what books have you read lately that really spoke about the truths of life?
A quote from the book
"...and Allison was still too young to pity the incapability of an individual to share his grief."
3 comments:
Don't forget the sequel 'Return To Peyton Place'. Equally, as good as it follows the repercussions that follows the publication of Alison's book.
I know it's a cliche, but they don't write books like this anymore. Books you can lose yourself in.
Thanks, Ray. I knew that they'd made a movie, "Return to Peyton Place" but didn't realize that it was based on another book. I'll have to be on the lookout for this one.
Cliche or not, Patti, you're right. Authors don't take the time to develope a feeling of place and time anymore. They hit the story running and barrel through to the end.
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