Land Sickness

a reflective read. I found it overly-wordy at times, verging on pretentious. the ideas themselves are interesting. enjoyed how much other literature and ideas were referenced, even if some of those mentions seemed half-baked. the ethnofictive form of this book does help the reader follow a train of thought which otherwise may be easy to get lost in. it's an effective way of introducing characters (like the old woman or the friend who owns the boat) that exemplify certain ideas and characterise varying view points.

I did, though, find a lot of it to be intensely narcissistic. as a result of the form—of its fictionalised nature—people are become paradigms instead of people.

a lot of it is simply the self-flagellatory musings of a privileged individual. the fictional narrative form does not do any favours to this book's focus on theory; I ended it feeling like the messaging of the book is void of any meaningful action.