quinetta's review against another edition
4.0
46 hour audiobook. Whew!
I'm not really sure if my review can do this book justice. It was simply a stream of consciousness in book form yet it was interesting. Some parts could have been edited out for length, but overall the way the book was presented was engaging and I enjoyed listening to it.
I'm not really sure if my review can do this book justice. It was simply a stream of consciousness in book form yet it was interesting. Some parts could have been edited out for length, but overall the way the book was presented was engaging and I enjoyed listening to it.
anyanatasha's review
i didn't finish because it did not hold my attention for long enough at a time. this seems like the type of book you need to read a little at a time and i like to binge-read and be done. i do appreciate the concept though but it's more of a concept than a real enjoyable book
ichirofakename's review
5.0
This is it: the best book. Don't be put off by scary references to Joyce and/or stream-of-consciousness, this is much better than Ulysses and perfectly readable. Only be put off by its length and repetitive interminability. We hear the inner thoughts of a housewife baking pies for sale to restaurants, in the exact idiom you try to turn off via meditation. Besides the interminable blathering, there are three events in a thousand pages: a parking lot gets cut off by flood waters, someone tries to run away, and a shooting. But that's just the exciting stuff, the important stuff is the blathering, about modern society, politics, life, with lots of funny cracks. In a separate interwoven story, a lion makes friends with a dog. Don't read it, it's way too long. Hint: not every single word is true.
kysofly's review against another edition
Reading this was just not for my brain lol
finalgirlfall's review against another edition
4.0
only took me a million years but i'm done. award bait for sure but some parts were good.
amandabingham4's review
Did not finish - had to return it to the library! It was interesting to read but I found the absence of sentences, paragraphs and chapters a bit challenging.
itsmebee's review
5.0
I really truly loved this book. I read it at thirty page intervals through the pandemic. The prose wanders, but is so well constructed. In particular I think about how the word “mother” became its own punctuation, own parenthetical. Highly recommended.
houlette's review
5.0
Unique and amazing. Captures the feeling of America at this moment like nothing else I've read.
willowbiblio's review against another edition
1.0
Extremely painful to get through, ended up skimming a lot of the stream of consciousness. Didn’t really go anywhere and felt like a self obsessed word vomit long form essay. The most exciting and heartrending part was the lioness’ story and journey… and that made up 5 pages total. Don’t waste your mental/emotional energy on this one.
soulpopped's review against another edition
5.0
wow. whew. woo.
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