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It was a struggle to get through the book. Proulx's sentence fragments grated on my nerves. Somehow, I made it through.

It took the movie to help me realize what a sweet story it was. I loved the man "waking up" at his own wake. Quoyle's second daughter was conspicuously absent, but it was probably a cut that made the story somewhat simpler. Kevin Spacey and Julianne Moore were both wonderful. I was impressed by how quickly the movie moved, given how the book dragged. The movie managed to touch on all the major themes and plot points effectively and without hammering the viewer on the head with them.