I Know This Much Is True

okay yes i read this to prepare for the upcoming HBO series starring Mark Ruffalo and yes I do see why Ruffalo would be drawn to these mumbley/yelly twins

anyway I knew this opened with the schizophrenic twin chopping his own hand off in a public library, which obviously yikes, but I was not at all prepared for each subsequent chapter to casually reveal some EVEN MORE OFF THE RAILS ACTION and not from the severely mentally ill character, just from like randoms.

(Stefon voice) this book has EVERYTHING, casual gay panic, casual misogyny, monkey fucking, witchcraft, murder, and every single hot button issue of the early 1990s.

I really struggled with Dominick's misogynist narrative voice, especially at the beginning when I wasn't totally sure how intentional it was supposed to be given that he kept pointing out how sexist his friend was. It turns out it was intentional and was addressed within the narrative but honestly I'm just tired of reading books with exhausting narrators. Can't I just read a book narrated by a nice person with chill vibes. please. Anyway it's not Wally Lamb's fault that it's currently 2020 but i do feel like the target audience for this book would be a non-woke man living in the year 1992.

I am interested to see how this becomes an HBO series because it is very grounded in some problematique 1990s issues.

Anyway that said it was compelling and a page turner mostly because I felt like anything could happen at any goddamn time.

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re-read for the podcast, shook that I gave this 3 stars?? I must have read this on the tail of something worse. IDK. Tho it was a page-turner as I stated before...hmm. Ratings are subjective!

https://www.frowl.org/worstbestsellers/episode-157-i-know-this-much-is-true/