A review by fbroom
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt

5.0

An intense reading experience. I don’t think I’ve experienced this intensity with any other novel. Leo, a professor of Art History looks back at his life and tells stories from his past. The stories revolve around his best friend and the women in their lives. Some of these stories are happy and some are extremely sad and painful. Some of these stories are also so romantic and filled with love that it takes you to another place. The stories felt very real and filled me with so many emotions.

There is definitely some similarity to Paul Auster’s work. Looking up this novel, it turns out many events are autobiographical. Violet is based on her. Bill is based on Paul and it seems like Mark is based on Daniel Auster.