Finished at last

I finished My Ántonia this afternoon. There is a charm to the story I must admit. It has an honesty to it, and according to the afterward, most of it is actually true. Although the plot is not compelling and the story-line does not follow a very direct path, there are some interesting stories imbedded within. I'm glad I read it. I enjoyed the little anecdotes here and there about why a character had come to Nebraska, or what they did after they left. I did not enjoy the unconcerned and removed tone that the author used to portray the lives of the interconnected people. I never became invested in them and perhaps that is why I never really cared what ended up happening to them. I doubt if any of it will stick with me for very long.