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scewart's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
chris_mcc's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
badboibill's review against another edition
5.0
This book made me want to take a class on literary criticism so I could more adequately describe how it made me feel.
I said to a friend that the book made me feel less alone while reading it. The narrator is certainly at times unsympathetic but the thought process displayed is quite refreshing. Like the catastrophic neuroses on the page crowd out my ability to be neurotic myself while reading.
Very beautiful and there are certainly insightful parts where the narrator engages with art but as he says about poems: it’s not about anything.
I said to a friend that the book made me feel less alone while reading it. The narrator is certainly at times unsympathetic but the thought process displayed is quite refreshing. Like the catastrophic neuroses on the page crowd out my ability to be neurotic myself while reading.
Very beautiful and there are certainly insightful parts where the narrator engages with art but as he says about poems: it’s not about anything.
nathanielpr's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Engaging and often poetic prose. A strange post-modern half-fever dream about the disconnect between language and self, self and self, etc. etc.
gregz_newdorkreviewofbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Very entertaining. Some day soon, Lerner is going to write a novel that blows our collective minds.
theodreh's review against another edition
Was this book good or am I just also an American drinking and smoking a lot in a European country?
admorobo's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
eyoung19's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
elisabutter's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5