Response to review of Glass Castle

This week I read a review of The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/books/review/013COVERPROSE.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1. I thought that Prose wrote an okay interview. However, I didn't like a few things in her review. One, I didn't think that Prose focused enough on the love that the family has for each other. Even though she picked out one of my favorite scenes that shows this, she paints their love as an illusion, which the bond between a family isn't. Also, she hardly ever points out a good part of the book, only bad parts where the Walls went wrong in their judgement. While the book is dominated by these, you still have to acknowledge the nice moments of happiness in the book. Finally, I think that Prose revealed too much of the book in her review. Instead of being a review of what made the book a good read, it seemed like she was giving me a two page summary of the book's contents, and all the most important parts. I think it's better when a reviewer lets the reader discover a book for themselves, as this is definitely a book worth discovering.