A review by awashinfeeling
1919 by John Dos Passos, E.L. Doctorow
3.0
The second instalment of the U.S.A. trilogy and the most disappointing one as well.
I don't know. I loved The 42nd Parallel so much but when I started reading this all I wanted was to get it over with. I'm not sure why but I would say that the main reason is the repetitiveness. After reading for a while I also started losing track with the sheer amount of characters and who did what, etc.
1919 doesn't engage the reader as much as the other two volumes do. The point of the novel is that there is a war raging on but nobody cares. Everyone is having the time of their life during this war (ironically enough) and they seem even more lost and confused and dazed (with alcohol) when it's all over.
I don't know. I loved The 42nd Parallel so much but when I started reading this all I wanted was to get it over with. I'm not sure why but I would say that the main reason is the repetitiveness. After reading for a while I also started losing track with the sheer amount of characters and who did what, etc.
1919 doesn't engage the reader as much as the other two volumes do. The point of the novel is that there is a war raging on but nobody cares. Everyone is having the time of their life during this war (ironically enough) and they seem even more lost and confused and dazed (with alcohol) when it's all over.