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T. S. Eliot said it clearer.
But, I will grudgingly admit, there were a lot of things to love about this novel, even if I never fell IN love with it.
What I liked most was the transformation of all these identical events from "all-surface" from the beginning to the nearly mad-ramblings of internal monologue by the end. There was no sharp delineation. It was like I was being boiled alive like a lobster, learning that all the good and true things of the world are, in fact, illusion and subterfuge, e ...more
But, I will grudgingly admit, there were a lot of things to love about this novel, even if I never fell IN love with it.
What I liked most was the transformation of all these identical events from "all-surface" from the beginning to the nearly mad-ramblings of internal monologue by the end. There was no sharp delineation. It was like I was being boiled alive like a lobster, learning that all the good and true things of the world are, in fact, illusion and subterfuge, e ...more
This book was interesting because my reactions to the way the story is told varied wildly. I did enjoy the fact that he was showing what is going on in our brains rather than the cleaned up version we show the world. But while I did enjoy it, it also made me quite uncomfortable at times. And it led to a whole lot of random rambling tangents.
The story itself was interesting, and I felt that it was really a story of Americans trying to come to grips with the changing situation that the 60s created ...more
The story itself was interesting, and I felt that it was really a story of Americans trying to come to grips with the changing situation that the 60s created ...more
Jan 29, 2016
Linda
rated it
really liked it
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2016
This was a 3 star read for me for about the first 3/4 of the book, but the last section really picked up and the writing was stellar throughout so I finally settled on 4 stars.
Oct 30, 2014
Navi
marked it as to-read
Dec 06, 2014
Candace
marked it as to-read
Mar 27, 2015
Nathan
rated it
it was amazing
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Feb 07, 2016
Teanka
marked it as to-read
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Mar 14, 2018
Aqsa
marked it as to-read
Mar 29, 2019
Carrie
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Mar 10, 2020
Layton
marked it as to-read
