As seen on my blog: 
 3.5 STARS 
 I hate that I'm about to write a less than stellar review. I hate it, because I LOVE Wally Lamb-he has his own compartment in my bookish heart, and though the only other works I read by him was 
 She's Come Undone 
 , I had vowed to love EVERYTHING else he put out. *SIGH* I LIKED it though, I liked 
 We Are Water 
 . I liked the intricacy of the story he wove. As a fierce fan of multiple perspectives, I liked that almost every character in this book got to tell their story. But at the same time, I was slightly overwhelmed by it, and wished, at those moments, that only a single character was holding the reigns. I liked 
 We Are Water 
 though, and I'll tell you why... 
 Wally Lamb doesn't hound you with metaphors, and poetic writing, and flowery prose, and I wish I could just find him and tell him, in person, just how much I appreciate that. Don't get me wrong, I love me some sugar-sweet writing when I'm in the mood for it, but when I hunker down with a Lamb book, I want what only a Lamb book can give me: a raw sense of reality. 
 We Are Water 
 read with his classic writing style: the characters were vulnerable, and stretched thin, and completely exposed for your relating pleasures. However, because the story was told from the perspectives of about 6+ people, my ability to relate to any one in particular was a difficult feat-I don't feel like I got to know each of them well enough. 
 Don't let me turn you away. This book was still 20 cuts above a lot of the books out there parading as literary fiction, I'm just getting my qualms well out of the way first. Because everything else about 
 We Are Water 
 shot me through the heart. I'm a child of divorced parents, and though my mother didn't leave my father for another female, she still left, and the voids inside of my being were still made. The accuracy with which Wally Lamb described the internal states of each parent, the pull and tug of wanting to remain strong for the children, while at the same time, grieve for their loses where no one can see them. I bared witness to it in my own life, and I was able to put my shoes into more than one character's shoes-though strangely, not so much the children's, mostly Orion's and Annie's. I couldn't really relate to any of the grown children in this book. Their lifestyles were too many miles away from my own. 
 It's insane to think that, all the while, there was also an historical aspect happening within 
 We Are Water 
 , and I think, if I'm honest, that that was my favourite part. I loved how everything collided, how moments from the past were brought to the present, and there were those exclamations of "Ah-HA!". Yup, I made those..out loud. It takes a man of serious writing ability to create detail the way that Wally Lamb created detail. To bring ends together, to side-step the plot holes that are so easy to dig. I was impressed by this book, and while it wasn't my favourite by him, I was consumed by it. I can guarantee that you'll find something you like within the pages of 
 We Are Water 
 , and for all you die-hard Wally Lamb fans out there..he did it again. 
 Recommended for Fans of: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Controversial Issues.