While I was home over the holidays, I was reading Digging to America by Ann Tyler. The book had been recommended to me, so I was eager to read about the story of two families that both adopt young Korean girls. The two families end up becoming close friends as the daughters grow up together.
I was generally disappointed in this book. It had the potential to be a really intriguing story about the difficulties of a multi-national family. It ended up being a rather boring account of their lives and the short love affair of the grandparents. While there were definitely parts of the story that were sweet or touching, overall, the novel lacked much depth.
Although, I really didn't feel fulfilled at the end of the novel, I did keep reading the book even though I was bored. Tyler was able to create a connection between the reader and the characters which kept your attention; however the novel took place over many years and it felt like the novel just jumped from period of time to the next. I'm having a hard time pinpointing what I didn't like about the novel and why I kept reading. What I'm tying to say, I think, is that while the story was interesting it lacked much substance.
Digging to America
by Ann Tyler
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