There are so many things I love about Ann Patchett...she's
incredibly smart, she love books and reading, she has influence in the world of
ideas, and she owns an independent bookstore. This is the fifth Ann Patchett
novel I've read, and I'd put Whistler in the middle of the pack. The
characters are great. Daphne, who tells of her life at the age of 9, and Eddie,
who was briefly her stepfather, are engaging, erudite and believable, much like
Patchett herself. Patchett also has a firm grip on the relationship of
siblings. Daphne and her sister Leda are tightknit and bound together. And,
while Abigail, their mother, is somewhat off to the side, her influence is
strongly felt. Still, they all seemed a little too sweet. They are good, loved
and loving. Of course there is strife.
Eddie is the ex-stepfather. In the end Whistler kept me reading
into the night, but I wish it had given me a little more to think about.
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