Ricky
Somehow there's always this longing to find undiscovered masterpieces from the past and it's always so thrilling when you do. This book is so well-written, it's hard to believe he hasn't written any other novels. So much of this reminded me of my own youth, despite being about 20 years younger than the people in the book. Honestly, a lot of the book is about the things I might wish I could do over again. Regrets I guess for what I did and didn't do and for the madness that swirled around me.
I wondered for a while if this would come together in any kind of satisfying ending, but I think it does. Even if you just consider the very slightly abrupt ending, I think it works, but the afterward really ties it up nicely.
The book is really well-written. I've read other narratives that were going for a similar effect and they're usually really shrill and self-congratulatory. There's a more down-to-earth tone to this book that makes you feel like you're there the whole time and I never felt alienated by the narrator, even when he was making bad choices.
Somehow there's always this longing to find undiscovered masterpieces from the past and it's always so thrilling when you do. This book is so well-written, it's hard to believe he hasn't written any other novels. So much of this reminded me of my own youth, despite being about 20 years younger than the people in the book. Honestly, a lot of the book is about the things I might wish I could do over again. Regrets I guess for what I did and didn't do and for the madness that swirled around me.
I wondered for a while if this would come together in any kind of satisfying ending, but I think it does. Even if you just consider the very slightly abrupt ending, I think it works, but the afterward really ties it up nicely.
The book is really well-written. I've read other narratives that were going for a similar effect and they're usually really shrill and self-congratulatory. There's a more down-to-earth tone to this book that makes you feel like you're there the whole time and I never felt alienated by the narrator, even when he was making bad choices.