A review by loveallthis
Some Things That Meant the World to Me by Joshua Mohr
2.0
What an incredibly weird book.
Joshua Mohr's Some Things that Meant the World to Me is a drug trip of an adventure that follows Rhonda, a grown man suffering from depersonalization, as he drifts around San Francisco following a young imaginary-friend version of himself, in an attempt to come to grips with the abuse he suffered as a child. I didn't discern a plot or particularly interesting narrative arc. The prose and imagery are certainly evocative, and Rhonda's relationship with his neighbor is touching.
Two stars for the cojones it took Mohr to write and get published such a disturbing and off-putting first novel. I wish him lots of success.
Joshua Mohr's Some Things that Meant the World to Me is a drug trip of an adventure that follows Rhonda, a grown man suffering from depersonalization, as he drifts around San Francisco following a young imaginary-friend version of himself, in an attempt to come to grips with the abuse he suffered as a child. I didn't discern a plot or particularly interesting narrative arc. The prose and imagery are certainly evocative, and Rhonda's relationship with his neighbor is touching.
Two stars for the cojones it took Mohr to write and get published such a disturbing and off-putting first novel. I wish him lots of success.