msaroj

I borrowed this book a few months ago and literally stopped at page 20. I thought it was slow-going and a little overblown. But I loved Chabon's writing style--he seems to be infatuated with language. There were several times I wanted to do the unspeakable and dog-ear pages because the passages were that good...after only a chapter. Once I made myself read beyond the first twenty pages, I was engrossed. Maybe because I was so disturbed and depressed from reading. I didn't much like Grady, couldn't understand James, wanted to hit Crabtree. But I was sucked in. Between the strange tale of a murdered blind husky, a stolen coat from a deceased movie star, a professor who smoked far too much pot, his agent who was obsessed with a bi-curious/bi-depressed student, and the bi-whatever student himself, it was really engrossing. And that's not even a big chunk of the story. I read it once and probably will not read it again, but I definitely will recommend it to everybody I can.

2023-02-06 18:15