rcollins1701's review against another edition
4.0
Fantastic, dark wit with passages describing characters who are like asteroids in tight orbits that never quite reach the earth. Reminded me at times of Donald Ray Pollock and Flannery O’Conner.
exlibrislynne's review against another edition
3.0
Radium Girls meets The Global War on Morris. A moment in the life story of an introspective man who may have been exposed to radiation at his workplace. This narrative is more about everyday life and intellectual theorizing, than change. While withholding likeable characters and a traditional reader-approved ending, I believe this work is still significant. It is a good example of zeitgeist for the employee of an American corporation with questionable employee protection and environmental practices. Only time will tell if its message will be diluted into obscurity or heralded to Jungle- like proportions.
mugglemom's review against another edition
4.0
This was a great story of character(s). I felt like these were REAL people. The prose was excellent – I was involved in lives, the nightmare/dreams, the messy lives, and big “C”. The main character, Reed, is HUGELY flawed but his actions were so realistic, so fatal. Ugh, I hated him and I understood him.
This is not a big plot driven story and I understood that quite soon in the book – which explains the low ratings (after I finished I saw reviews). The ending leaves the reader dangling on a cliff of sorts but I appreciated it. This is a book that goes beneath the surface – just like the contamination…well played author, well played….
This is not a big plot driven story and I understood that quite soon in the book – which explains the low ratings (after I finished I saw reviews). The ending leaves the reader dangling on a cliff of sorts but I appreciated it. This is a book that goes beneath the surface – just like the contamination…well played author, well played….
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