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I can’t remember encountering a Richard Russo character who doesn’t seem real, as someone I could know or as someone with flaws who reminds me that all of us are flawed or that all of us are vulnerable in one way or another. Having read all of his novels and most of his shorter fiction, I have come to expect this connection that he allows us to make with his characters. He did not disappoint in his latest novel. Three sixty- six year old men, college friends from the 60’s meet 44 years later on
Think of the way you looked at things in 1969, and how you see them now, 50 years later. Any differences? Reflect on what you can afford to lose in life, about proximate cause versus remote causes. What part does luck play in the scenario? There is a buried truth here that will be uncovered, based on a lie that was never actually uttered. This author draws a bead on his characters and it is faultless. Wry observations on the aging process may have you nodding or smiling ruefully. I am
When the truth is found to be lies And all the joy within you dies Don't you want somebody to love Don't you need somebody to loveWouldn't you love somebody to loveYou better find somebody to love, love - Jefferson Airplane======================================== Lincoln, his eyes suddenly full, reached forward and touched Jacy’s face on the microfilm machine. Hey, Jace. Guess what? We’re all here. Teddy. Mick. Me. On the island. Remember the Chilmark house? Our last night together on the de
As a huge fan of Russo - and particularly 'Straight Man' and 'Nobody's Fool' - I expected great things from this book, but I was sorely disappointed. Of the six Russo books I've read, this was easily the weakest. The plot was dull, the philosophy was clichéd, and the characters, though well enough drawn, were desperately stereotyped.
The book title is taken from Johnny Mathis’ song: “Chances are ‘cause I wear a silly grin, the moment you come into view. Chances are you think I’m in love with you.”It is particularly apt as this story is about three men who each fell in love with the same woman. The year is 2015. The setting is Martha's Vineyard. Forty-four years after they left Minerva College in Connecticut, Lincoln, Teddy, and Mickey (all age 66) meet again for a weekend of ‘recollected youth.’ This time, there is no Jacy,
Three sixty-six year old men, friends since college in the 60’s.. meet up on Martha’s Vineyard for a weekend.. these are three very different type of men, then and now, and they all were secretly in love with a girl from their college days who completed their foursome “All for one, one for all.”As the men come together on the island they are all still puzzling over an occurrence that happened here on Memorial weekend 1971 and as the story unfolds we find out all about their lives, their families...
4.5★“From their freshman year at Minerva, Mickey’s ability to put things in perspective had always been his greatest gift. Lincoln and Teddy were both prone to taking life too seriously, so Mickey provided a natural antidote to their brooding. And how bad could the world be if he was in it?”This is that kind of story. It’s a very American story, true to its time and those boys. They met in in their late teens and stayed friends – distant friends as they drifted apart over the decades – and at si...
Chances Are ... is only the third Russo novel I read. It's about three sixty-six year old men who became friends while attending a liberal arts college in the late 1960s. The three of them are from different parts of the US, have different socio-economic backgrounds and have different interests and personalities. Somehow they became the three musketeers - "all for one and one for all". They did have one thing in common - all three were in love with Jacy, but since she was engaged to be married t...
Chances Are... awfully good that if Richard Russo writes it, I'm going to love it. 4.5 rounded up. A deep and thoughtful story of enduring love and friendship by one of my favorite authors, that takes us back to the early 70s... the music, the pot smoking, the draft.Three college friends get together on Martha's Vineyard 40 years after they had gone their separate ways, for a final fling at Lincoln's summer house as he ponders selling it. At 66, Lincoln is happily married; Teddy is a book editor...
Sex, lies and Vietnam.It pains me to give this fewer than five stars, but this book didn’t feel like vintage Russo. I missed his sardonic humor and the foray into ordinary life that only he can elevate so masterfully. Maybe he’s trying the bridal approach…something old (male bonding, small town issues), something new (a mystery), something borrowed (quotes from his own writing) and something blue (three 66-year-old men still pining away for their college girl crush).The writing is, as always, po...
I know when I pick up a Russo novel that I am going to become deeply involved with the characters. And that certainly happened with Chances Are... This is a novel about three men and their friendships. There is a plot and a twist but the focus of the novel is Lincoln, Teddy and Mickey and that was just fine with me. They felt real to me and I cared about them. I enjoyed every page!
Astute, insightful, and deeply moving novel. I love Richard Russo's work, and CHANCES ARE captured the wistfulness of aging and regret, and how little we really understand even our closest friends.
