My second experience with Updike again had very little success. I'm beginning to worry 'cause every time I read his books we simply have no points to agree on.
I took Brazil because I was tempted to read some nice and sweet love story taking place in that picturesque sunny country full of adventures, danger and love. From the beginning it was the very thing I was longing for. The passionate love between a black guy from slums and a rich white girl seemed impossible. The society, their parents were against this couple but these two young people proved everyone wrong and were happy together afterwords.
However, the end was too unreal and somewhat strange to coincide with the general story and that was what ruined my whole impression of the book. On the whole the book reads very well. If you like some strange prose with abundancy of physical stuff it'll be a nice read.