Reviews

10:04 by Ben Lerner

ncteisen's review against another edition

5.0

Heady and brilliant, this book is "neither fiction nor nonfiction, but a flickering between them."

The New Yorker story, The Golden Vanity, is the kernel of this work, and if you like the story, then you will like the book.

frasmcm's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

skynet666's review against another edition

2.0

I'm about 30 pages into this book and there is nothing about it I like at all. I'll give it a a few more tries before I give up. Ok, made it to page 50 and gave up. I didn't enjoy this book at all.

laurenstrick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

sasharosegordon's review

funny reflective

4.25

profoundlymisunderstoodartist's review against another edition

“I want to live on the east coast, where culture is. Where writers live in the woods!”

boiledsoups's review against another edition

4.0

hes just like me…insufferable <3

jolyon_l's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I very much enjoyed this book on first read. I loved the circularity and the explorations of time, the meta aspects and how the book was essentially a book about the author struggling to write the book itself. 

quackquackmaverick's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Lit nerd pretentious ass mulholland drive knockoff, loved it 

annrhub's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75