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A review by ryanjamescooper
Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West
2.0
A guy writes for a newspaper column under the name “Miss Lonelyhearts” he receives letters and then he responds to them when he writes the column. Sounds like a fun interesting idea, sounds like an idea that can be funny one moment, sad the next. I suppose that’s why this is novella was described as “dark humor”.
This was anything but humorous. I guess Nathaniel West got the dark right? The idea has so much potential, it would be funnier if it was written today, but it wasn’t. It was written during the depression, and if this is the type of shit going around to read back then, no wonder everyone was depressed!
This also wasn’t “80” pages. This shit was 140, I could’ve read 140 pages of literally anything else and been happier.
This was anything but humorous. I guess Nathaniel West got the dark right? The idea has so much potential, it would be funnier if it was written today, but it wasn’t. It was written during the depression, and if this is the type of shit going around to read back then, no wonder everyone was depressed!
This also wasn’t “80” pages. This shit was 140, I could’ve read 140 pages of literally anything else and been happier.